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There are four general types of kidney stones. Your kidney stone's size and shape determine whether it is likely to pass by itself. Knowing what your stone is made of helps your health care provider find its cause.

The IUD (intrauterine device) is one of the most effective birth control methods. Read on to learn more about IUDs.

These three exercises are done on the floor.

In newborns, skin color changes are often due to something happening inside the body. Some color changes are normal. Others are signs of problems. The changes described below can happen to any newborn. But skin color changes may be more obvious in babies born early, or prematurely, who have thinner skin than full-term babies.

Biliary atresia is a serious liver problem that occurs in young infants. It involves a problem with the bile ducts (the tubes through which bile drains from the liver into the small intestine). In children with biliary atresia, bile ducts are damaged, missing, or not shaped correctly. Treatment must be done as soon as possible. Biliary atresia is treated with surgery. Even if this surgery goes well, the child will likely need a liver transplant sometime in the future.

Learn this exercise called arm reach or "the bird dog" to help strengthen your core muscles.

Follow this step-by-step strength exercise for your wrist.

Holter monitoring is a painless way to record your heartbeat away from your doctor's office. It's a small electrocardiogram (ECG) that you carry with you. Holter monitoring records your heartbeat for your doctor to review at a later time.

Ulcerative colitis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It affects your child's large intestine (colon) and rectum (where stool is stored before leaving the body). Ulcerative colitis causes swelling, bleeding, and sometimes sores. Causes are unknown, but your child's symptoms can be managed.