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About Teen Suicide for Parents
When a teen commits suicide, everyone is affected. The reasons behind a suicide or attempted suicide can be complex, but often there are warning signs.
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Compulsive Exercise for Teens
Compulsive exercise can lead to serious health problems. Lots of people don't know when they've crossed the line from healthy activity to unhealthy addiction. Read about ways to tell.
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Chemotherapy for Kids
Chemotherapy is a big word for treatment with medicines used to help people who have cancer. This medicine kills the cancer cells that are making the person sick.
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A to Z: Bipolar Disorder for Parents
Learn about depressive disorders, mental illnesses, and conditions that affect moods and the brain.
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Lupus for Parents
Lupus is known as an autoimmune disease in which a person's immune system mistakenly works against the body's own tissues.
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Talking to Your Kids About Alcohol for Parents
As much as parents may not like to think about it, the truth is that many kids and teens try alcohol before it is legal for them to drink it. Here's an age-based guide on how to talk to them about it.
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Lupus for Teens
Lupus is a disease that affects the immune system. Learn how lupus is treated, signs and symptoms, how to support a friend who has it, and more.
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Functional Abdominal Pain for Parents
Functional abdominal pain is lasting belly pain that doesn't respond to treatment. Many school-age kids have it at some point, but get better without lasting problems.
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Strokes for Teens
Strokes are more common in older adults, but teens can have one too. This "brain attack" happens when blood flow to the brain stops, even for a second.
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Proton Therapy for Cancer for Parents
Proton therapy is an advanced type of radiation therapy. It's an effective treatment for many childhood cancers.