Healthy menus and shopping strategies
Learning Center
Bone marrow transplant
Learn about this procedure that replaces unhealthy bone marrow with stem cells. Your own cells, donor cells or cells from umbilical cord blood may be used.
Epilepsy surgery
Surgery may provide relief from epileptic seizures when medications aren't working.
Cochlear implants
This electronic device improves hearing in people who have severe hearing loss from inner ear damage.
Diskectomy
This surgical procedure removes the damaged portion of a herniated disk in the spine. It's most effective for pain radiating down the arms or legs.
Lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
Learn about lumbar puncture, which removes a sample of cerebrospinal fluid to find infections, bleeding and other conditions. It also is called a spinal tap.
Tonsillectomy
Learn how to prepare for a tonsillectomy and what to expect from the surgery.
Palliative care
Learn what to expect with this care approach that offers symptom relief for seriously ill people of any age.
Ear tubes
Learn about the procedure for placing ear tubes used to treat middle ear problems.
SVT ablation
Discover how cold or heat energy is used to correct fast and erratic heartbeats, such as atrial tachycardia and AV node reentrant tachycardia.
Pediatric cervical spine surgery
This surgery can treat injuries and conditions that are present at birth and that affect the neck area of the spine.
Refine Your Search
Type
- All
- TestProcedure
Gender
- All
- Male (1)
Age
- All
- 03 to 5 years preschool
- 13 to 18 years teen
- 06 to 12 years elementary/preteen
- 19 to 44 younger
- 45 to 64 middle
- 02 months to 2 years infant/toddler
- 65 to 80 older
- 80 and over
- 00 birth to 01 month newborn
- 16 months to 2 years toddler