The thyroid is a small gland located below the skin and muscles at the front of the neck, just at the spot where a bow tie would rest. It’s brownish red, with left and right halves (called lobes) that look like a butterfly’s wings. It’s light like a butterfly, too, …
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Treating Type 1 Diabetes
If your child or teen has been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, the next step is to create a diabetes management plan to help him or her manage the condition and stay healthy and active. Treatment plans for type 1 diabetes are based on each child’s needs and the suggestions …
Treating Type 2 Diabetes
After kids or teens are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, the next step is to create a diabetes management plan to help them manage the condition and stay healthy and active. Treatment plans for type 2 diabetes are based on each child’s needs and the suggestions of the diabetes health …
Type 1 Diabetes: What Is It?
If you have a child who has been diagnosed with diabetes, you’re not alone. Every year in the United States, 13,000 children are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, and more than 1 million American kids and adults deal with the disease every day. Diabetes is a chronic (long-lasting) condition that …
Type 2 Diabetes: What Is It?
The diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is becoming more common in U.S. kids and teens, especially in those who are overweight. Some studies report that between 8% and 45% of children who’ve been newly diagnosed with diabetes have the form known as type 2. Diabetes is a chronic condition that …
What Is Gestational Diabetes?
I’m not diabetic, but my doctor told me that I have gestational diabetes. What does that mean? And will it last beyond my pregnancy? – Trish Gestational diabetes is a kind of diabetes that comes on during pregnancy. When a woman has it, the sugar levels in her blood are …
What Is a Growth Disorder?
What Is a Growth Disorder? Lately, it seems as though your child is looking up to classmates — literally. The other kids in the class have been getting taller and developing into young adults, but your child’s growth seems to be lagging behind. Classmates now tower over your child. Is …
Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory processing disorder (APD), also known as central auditory processing disorder (CAPD), is a hearing problem that affects about 5% of school-aged children. Kids with this condition can’t process what they hear in the same way other kids do because their ears and brain don’t fully coordinate. Something interferes with …
Balance Disorders
When you think about balance, the role that ears play might not come to mind. But ears are crucial to maintaining balance thanks to their vestibulocochlear nerve. This nerve sends signals to the brain that control hearing (auditory function) and help with balance (vestibular function). But the ears aren’t the …
Chronic Hoarseness
All kids strain their voices every now and then: cheering for the home team at a ballgame; belting out a favorite song in the shower; calling out to friends on the playground. Most of the time, this doesn’t do any real harm to the vocal cords, the delicate bands of …