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What Is Bone Marrow? for Kids
Bone marrow is a thick, spongy kind of jelly inside your bones.
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What's the Pancreas? for Kids
The pancreas is a long, flat gland in your belly.
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What Are Insulin Injections? for Kids
Insulin is an important hormone that keeps the body working. If the body doesn't make enough of this substance, a person may need to get insulin injections.
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What Are White Blood Cells? for Kids
White blood cells are part of the germ-fighting immune system.
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What's Insulin? for Kids
If someone has diabetes, they have trouble with a hormone called insulin.
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What Is a Complete Blood Count (CBC)? for Kids
Blood is made up of different parts, such as red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
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What's Tinnitus? for Kids
Ring, ring, ring! It's not the phone — it's the word for a ringing sound in the ears.
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What Is Polyuria? for Kids
Someone who has uncontrolled diabetes may pee a lot. Polyuria is the medical word for this.
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What Are Immunizations? for Kids
This is the long word for what most kids know as vaccines.
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What Is a Glycosylated Hemoglobin Test (Hemoglobin A1c)? for Kids
This blood test can tell someone with diabetes if his or her diabetes is under control or out of control.