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Even if your child is healthy, keep bringing them in for yearly checkups. This sheet describes some of what you can expect at the 3-year well-child visit.

Keep taking your child for yearly checkups. The doctor can make sure your child's growth and development are progressing well. This sheet describes some of what you can expect.

When you make a plan to lose some weight, it’s easy to be motivated when you first start. The key is to stay motivated all along the way. Here are things you can do to keep yourself on the path to success.

Learn about the tests that can help your health care provider find out if you have a kidney stone, why it formed, and advise treatment.

Before you decide that you won't be happy until you get down to a certain number of pounds, consider your age, gender, and current weight.

Dehydration happens very quickly in infants and small children, who don't have as much fluid to spare. It can quickly become very serious. Rehydration is the crucial process of returning those fluids back to the body to restore normal functioning.

You had an amniocentesis. This test is most often done between the 15th and 20th week of pregnancy. It helps you learn whether a fetus has certain genetic conditions. It can also help find certain neural tube defects, check for infection of the amniotic fluid, or check the fetus's lung development.

Your child has been diagnosed with anaphylactic shock. This is a serious kind of allergic reaction. It can happen within minutes of exposure to a substance or a trigger that causes an allergic reaction.

HIV weakens the parts of the body that fight off disease. It spreads through body fluids passed during sex or infected needles. When HIV causes severe health problems, it's called AIDS. There's no cure for HIV or AIDS. But treatment called antiretroviral therapy can help you stay healthier longer.