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Preparing Teens With Diabetes for Adult Care for Parents
Most teens with diabetes should switch to an adult health care provider when they're between 18 and 21 years old. Here's how parents can help them get ready in the years leading up to the switch.
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About Overweight and Obesity for Teens
We use the words "oveweight" and "obese" a lot, but they actually have medical meanings. Find out how doctors diagnose these conditions and what they mean for a person's health.
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Delayed Puberty for Teens
Concerned about your growth or development? Puberty can be delayed for several reasons. Luckily, doctors usually can help teens with delayed puberty to develop more normally.
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Keeping Track of Your Blood Sugar for Kids
Checking your blood sugar levels is a really important part of managing diabetes. Knowing those levels will help you keep your blood sugar under control - and that helps you feel good and keeps you healthy.
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Health Care Providers: Endocrinologists for Parents
An endocrinologist is a doctor who studies and treats diseases and conditions that affect growth, development, puberty, and energy levels.
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Kidney Stones for Parents
Kidney stones mostly happen to adults, but sometimes kids and teens can get them. Find out what kidney stones are, how to treat them, and ways to help prevent them.
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What Is Type 2 Diabetes? for Teens
Teens with type 2 diabetes have to pay close attention to what they eat and do.
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What Is Type 1 Diabetes? for Kids
Thousands of kids all over the world have type 1 diabetes, a disease that affects how the body uses glucose.
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Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) for Teens
A good, stable connection at your hip joint is what lets you walk, run, make that jump shot, and shake it on the dance floor. But in some teens – particularly those who are obese – the hip joint is weakened by slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE).
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Stomachaches for Parents
Kids can have stomach pain for lots of reasons - not all of them related to the digestive system. Here are some clues about what could be going on.
Note: All information is for educational purposes only. For specific medical advice,
diagnoses, and treatment, consult your doctor.
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