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Protecting your neck from injuries and pain involves practicing good posture and body mechanics.

Your child's urinary tract helps get rid of the body's liquid waste (urine). Here are details about each part of the urinary tract.

Learn about symptoms and treatment of a brain abscess in children. An abscess is a local area of infection caused by bacteria or a fungus.

A large bowel obstruction occurs when part or all of your large intestine is blocked. As a result, waste can't move through your bowel correctly and out of the body. You must be treated right away to manage the blockage.

Learn what you can expect before, during, and after bunion surgery.

Bone marrow is the soft, spongy part inside bones. It makes most of the body’s blood cells. Aspiration and biopsy are procedures done to take a sample of bone marrow out of the body to exam. Find out why these procedures are done and how to prepare for them.

New vaccines are being developed for cancer. Learn more about these vaccines.

Immunotherapy is a way of treating disease or infection using the body’s immune system. It can be used in some cases to help treat cancer. One form of immunotherapy treatment for cancer is called nonspecific immunotherapy (NSI). Learn more about NSI treatments and how they're used.

A blood transfusion is when blood or parts of the blood are given to a person through an IV line placed in a vein. The blood and blood parts used for transfusion are called blood products. The blood usually comes from another person (donor). This sheet tells you more about how blood and blood products may be used to help treat cancer.