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What Parents Should Know About Fire Safety

Author/s: Mickey A Emmanuel, Mikhail Goldenberg, Lindsay A Thompson

Many of these injuries are preventable by taking simple steps to make your home safer and knowing what to do when a fire occurs. Most accidental home fires start from cooking, heating equipment, electrical items, or smoking materials. Never leave food unattended on the stove while cooking. Use...

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Fire safety children parents smoke Cooking smoking Carbon Monoxide

What Is Prostatitis?

Author/s: Rebecca Voelker

Prostatitis involves infection, inflammation, or pain in the prostate gland and affects about 9% of men during their lifetime.

What Is Acute Bacterial Prostatitis?
Acute bacterial prostatitis is a urinary tract infection that involves the prostate.1 Patients with acute prostatitis...

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Prostatitis Humans pelvic pain male Urinary Tract Urinary Retention Prostatic Hyperplasia

What Parents Need to Know About Sleep in Children

Author/s: Cynthia-Mae M Hunt, Lindsay A Thompson

Half of all children have sleep issues at some point during childhood.

When a child does not sleep well, the entire family feels the impact. Sleep supports growth and development and prevents other illnesses. Poor sleep can lead to daytime irritability, trouble focusing, behavioral issues...

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pediatrics sleep adolescents Parasomnias Somnambulism Wakefulness Night Terrors Sleep Hygiene

What Is Hypothyroidism?

Author/s: Krista Roberts

Hypothyroidism is a disease of thyroid hormone deficiency.

The most common cause of hypothyroidism worldwide is insufficient intake of iodine, a mineral found in iodized salt and some foods (such as seafood and dairy) that is needed for production of thyroid hormones. In the US and other...

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hypothyroidism Thyroid thyrotropin

What Is Ovarian Cancer?

Author/s: Rebecca Voelker

Ovarian cancer is a malignancy of the ovary, the female reproductive organ that produces eggs.

How Common Is Ovarian Cancer?
Among women worldwide, ovarian cancer is the eighth most common malignancy and cause of cancer death. In 2022, ovarian cancer was diagnosed in about 325 000...

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ovarian cancer ovaries Patient Information Reproductive Health

Dense Breasts Are Common—Here Is What to Know

Author/s: Hannah S. Milch, Joann G. Elmore

What Is Breast Density and How Common Are Dense Breasts?
Breast density refers to the amount of dense tissue (like glands and fibrous tissue) you have compared to fatty tissue in your breasts. Dense breasts are very common. About half of all women have them.

Why Does Breast Density...

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breast neoplasms mammography ultrasonography Hormone Replacement Therapy Dense Breasts

What Parents and Teens Need to Know About Testicular Pain

Author/s: Maria Isabel Angulo, Geisel R. Collazo, Lindsay A. Thompson

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes the symptoms and treatment for testicular torsion in boys.
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Spermatic Cord Torsion male child

What Is Diverticulitis?

Author/s: Shreya Narayanan, Christopher D. Jackson, MD

Diverticulitis involves inflammation of outpouchings of the intestinal wall, a condition known as diverticulosis.

Risk factors for diverticulosis include being older than 65 years, obesity (body mass index [BMI] of 30 or more), high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, certain medications (...

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Gastroenterology Diverticulitis Diverticulum

What RSV Is and Why Immunization Matters

Author/s: Alistair Mukondiwa, Callie L. Brown, Lindsay A. Thompson

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children and how to prevent its spread.
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pediatrics RSV respiratory synytial virus vaccines immunizations vaccines

What Parents Should Know About Preventing Accidental Poisonings

Author/s: Mickey A Emmanuel, Ava Mascarenhas, Lindsay A Thompson

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page discusses the most common causes of poisoning in children and safety tips to prevent poisoning.
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Poison Poison Control analgesics Accidental Consumption

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