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Major depression goes beyond the day’s normal ups and downs. It involves a teen’s body, mood, and thoughts. It can affect and disrupt eating, sleeping, or thinking patterns. ...

What is cardiomyopathy? Cardiomyopathy is disease of the heart muscle that reduces the heart's ability to pump blood effectively. Different kinds of cardiomyopathy cause the heart muscle to enlarge, thicken, or become stiff. Cardiomyopathy can be due to a number of causes, including viral infections ...

Overview Addison disease is when the adrenal glands don't make enough of two steroid hormones. The hormones are cortisol and aldosterone. Cortisol controls the body's metabolism, blocks inflammatory reactions, and affects the immune system. Aldosterone manages sodium and potassium levels. The adrenal glands sit on ...

Below are tips for keeping your children safe. Read your car seat manual and vehicle owner’s manual for steps to install the car seat correctly. ...

Learn about precautions that should be taken for children with cochlear implants. ...

As a mom and a nurse in the St. Louis Children’s Hospital newborn intensive care unit, Lisa Taylor can sense when something isn’t quite right with her kids. So when her son, Grant, 14, was 7 years old, she noticed there were several concerning health ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health problem. It can affect people of all ages. A child with PTSD has persistent, scary thoughts and memories of a past event. He or she finds the event terrifying, either physically or emotionally. ...

An atrial septal defect is a hole in the atrial septum. The atrial septum is the wall between the upper two chambers of the heart, the right and left atria. Atrial septal defects are congenital heart defects - heart defects that are present at birth. ...

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) occurs when damaged red blood cells block the kidney's filtering system which can lead to kidney failure in children. ...

Anemia is a common health problem in children. The most common cause of anemia is not getting enough iron. A child who is anemic does not have enough red blood cells or enough hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein that lets red blood cells carry oxygen ...