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Growing Pains
The leg pains may hurt so much that they may wake your child from sleep. Children who have growing pains are also more likely to have headaches and...
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Detecting Learning Disabilities
As a child gets older, they may have trouble solving basic math problems or memorizing things like multiplication tables. Learning disabilities can...
Read moreBedwetting in Children
Try as they might, your child can't seem to make it through the night without bedwetting. Sometimes a child who has been dry at night will begin to...
Read moreWhat are Myelodysplastic Syndromes?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a rare group of disorders in which your body no longer makes enough healthy blood cells. Other than stem cell transpl...
Read moreHyperpigmentation, Hypopigmentation, and Your Skin
In the case of illness or injury, the person's skin may change color, becoming darker (hyperpigmentation) or lighter (hypopigmentation). Hyperpigme...
Read moreWhy is My White Blood Cell Count Low?
Severe infections, like blood infections, can lead to your body using up WBCs faster than it can make them. Spleen problems: The spleen also makes ...
Read moreWhen Cancer Comes Back
Sometimes, cancer can come back after you've had treatment. Cancer recurrence means the cancer you originally had has come back. A recurrence isn't...
Read morePheochromocytoma
A pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare tumor that usually grows in your adrenal glands, above your kidneys. Some people with these tumors have high blo...
Read moreWhat is Retinoblastoma?
This is a rare form of eye cancer that usually happens in childhood. Some children are born with the damaged gene in every cell of their body. Thes...
Read moreWhat is Carcinoma?
Carcinoma is a type of cancer that starts in cells that make up the skin or the tissue lining organs, such as the liver or kidneys. Most people thi...
Read moreAdenocarcinoma
If your doctor tells you that you have adenocarcinoma, it means you have a type of cancer that starts in the glands that line the inside of one of ...
Read moreUnderstanding Kidney Cancer
Often the surgeon will simply remove the entire tumor and then have a sample of tissue examined. Once your doctor makes a diagnosis of kidney cance...
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