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It's important to tell your child's teachers and other school staff about your child's asthma. That way, they can help your child if symptoms get worse, or if your child has an asthma attack at school.

The brain is your body's control center. It manages everything from movement and balance to emotions and memory. When a seizure happens, some or all brain functions are temporarily affected.

First identified in the early 1990s in the desert Southwest, the hantavirus has been reported in more than 30 states. Learn more about the virus and hantavirus pulmonary syndrome by taking this quiz.

If you have a hard-to-heal wound, your healthcare provider may advise you to eat more protein.

A child who has been burned needs additional calories and protein to help them heal and grow.

Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that uses transplanted bone to repair and rebuild diseased or damaged bones. During a bone graft, your surgeon inserts a new piece of bone in the place where a bone needs to heal or join. The cells inside the new bone can then seal themselves to the old bone.

Some medical problems can make it hard for you to breathe. In these cases, you might benefit from bilevel positive airway pressure. It is commonly known as BiPap or BPap. It is a type of ventilator, a device that helps with breathing.

Finding good day care for your child doesn't have to be difficult, if you follow this advice.

This test measures the amount of copper-containing protein in the blood. It can help diagnose copper disorders like Wilson disease.