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A Family Approach to Weight Loss Is Best
ACL Injuries in Young Athletes: Risk Factors and Prevention
Acquired Heart Disease
Active Recovery for Concussions
Adding Calories into Your Baby's Food
Admission to the Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit
Adoption Resources
After a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)
Avoiding Diabetes Burnout: Tips for Parents
Babysitter Interview Checklist for Parents
Back Pain Home Care
Bag Lunch Ideas for Your Child
Bathing Your Newborn
Before Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit Admission
Bladder and Bowel Issues in Spina Bifida
Bladder Augmentation Surgery FAQ
Bone Marrow Donors for Pediatric Patients
Bone Marrow Transplant Glossary
Breast Milk or Formula?
Breastfeeding and Returning to Work
Busulfan Pharmacokinetics
Baby Bottle Weaning
Bone Marrow Transplant Process
Can Screens Cause Headaches in Kids?
Car Seat Loaners for Kids in Spica (Hip) Cast
Car Seat Safety
Carbohydrates and Diabetes
Cardiac Catheterization
Care after Cast Removal
Caring for a Child in a Spica Cast
Cast Care
Childhood Obesity & Screen Time
Childproofing Your Home
Children and Pain
Children and the Flu
Clean Intermittent Catheterization
Clean Intermittent Catheterization Through an Abdominal Stoma
Cold or Flu?
Comfort Promise Tools for Babies: Birth to 12 Months Old
Comfort Promise Tools for Kids: 13 Months to 5 Years Old
Comfort Promise Tools for Kids: 13 to 17 Years Old
Comfort Promise Tools for Kids: 6 to 12 Years Old
Concussion Fact Sheet for Athletes
Concussion Fact Sheet for Coaches
Concussion Fact Sheet for Parents
Concussion Guide
Concussion Guidelines
Concussion Quick Check
Conditioning Regimen for a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)
COVID-19 Vaccines for Kids
Childhood Baseball and Softball Injuries
Children and Nutrition
Cochlear Implants
Concussion
Candidates for Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)
Decreasing Calories
Diabetes and Teen Driving
Diabetes Tests & Screenings for Kids
Diapering Your Newborn
Dietary Concerns During a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)
Donating Blood Before Your Hospital Stay
Drowning Prevention
Donating Blood
Early-Phase Clinical Trials at UCSF: Pediatric Cancer
Ella Mae Ferneil: First African-American Registered Nurse in California
Emotional Aspects of a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)
Encouraging Your Child to Eat Fruits and Vegetables
Endoscopic Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux FAQ
Epilepsy Education Liaison Services
Epilepsy Presurgical Evaluation
Epilepsy: Neuropsychological Assessment
Establishing Good Eating Habits
Exercise Tips
Feeding Difficulties
Fighting Cancer After a BMT
Fireworks Safety Tips for Parents
First Steps After a Rett Syndrome Diagnosis
Fueling Your Workout
Fundoplication: Post-Surgery Care
Graft vs. Host Disease (GVHD)
Haplocompatible Donor Program
Health Risks of Overweight Children
Healthy Diet Tips
Hearing Aids
Hearing Tests for Children
Helping Your Child Be a Healthy Weight
Helping Your Child Succeed in School
Hemophilia FAQs
Hirschsprung's Disease: Post-Surgery Care
Holiday Safety Tips for Parents
Home Care and Follow-Up After Neurosurgery (Oakland Hospital)
How the Ear Works
How to Reach the Diabetes Care Team
How to Talk to Your Child About Their Brain Tumor Diagnosis
How to Use Crutches
How We Treat Pain
Hyperglycemia Home Care
Hypoglycemia Home Care
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator FAQs
Infection Control in Our Hospitals
Infection in Premature Infants
Injury Prevention
Injury Prevention "OUCH" Text Campaign
Injury Prevention and Child Safety Information
Intensive Care Nursery Glossary
Intensive Care Nursery Parents' Guide
Intensive Care Nursery Team
International Adoption Clinic Fees
International Adoption FAQs
Introducing Your Baby to Solid Foods FAQs
Kindergarten Readiness
Leaving the Hospital After a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)
Leukemia vs. Lymphoma
Liver Donors: Evaluation to Become a Donor
Liver Donors: Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Liver Donors: Post-Operative Care and Recovery
Liver Donors: The Donation Surgery
Liver Injuries & Home Care
Living With Asthma
Living With Asthma Videos
Magnetoencephalography (MEG scan)
Managing Diabetes When Your Child is Sick
Managing Food Allergies
Managing the Emotional Impact of MS
Mealtime Atmosphere and Eating Behavior
Medi-Cal Free Transportation Benefit
MRIs: A Kid-Friendly Guide
MRSA Infection
Multiple Sclerosis and School Concerns
Multiple Sclerosis Glossary
Neurological Exams for Children
Neuropsychological Testing for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Nutrition After Kidney Transplant
Nutrition Guide for Young Kids (Ages 1-5)
Nutrition Tips for Breastfeeding Mothers
Obesity and Bone Health
On the Day of a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT)
Orthopedic Glossary
Pancreas Injuries & Home Care
Parenting Your Teenager
Patient Outcomes at the Neonatal Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
Patient Outcomes at the Pediatric Heart Center
Picky Eaters
Post-Adoption Medical Examination
Post-Adoption Neuropsychological Assessment
Post-Circumcision Care for Newborns, Babies and Toddlers
Post-Operative Care for Adolescent Circumcision
Post-Operative Instructions for Hypospadias Repair
Post-Surgical Diaper Area Skin Care
Pre-Adoption Health Evaluations
Preparing for Gamma Knife Treatment
Preparing for Neurosurgery (Oakland Hospital)
Preparing for Your Child's EEG
Preparing Your Child for a New Baby
Pre-Travel Consultation for Adopting Families
Preventing Ankle Injuries in Young Athletes
Preventing Poisoning in Children
Preventing Weight Problems in Children
Prioritizing Eating Disorder Recovery and Well-Being During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Pyeloplasty FAQ
Raising a Child with Sickle Cell Disease: Tips for Parents
RAPID Sepsis Assessment
Recommended Vaccines for Your Child
Resources for Injury Prevention
RSV in Kids: How to Protect Your Child From Serious Illness
Rules for Visiting the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Unit
Stroke: Helping Your Child Recover
Sepsis Clinical Practice Guidelines
Sepsis: Information & Resources
Should You Take Your Child to Urgent Care or the Emergency Room?
Siblings and a New Baby
Signs a Child Is in Pain
Signs of Normal Hearing
Sleep and Your Child
Soothing Your Crying Infant
Splenectomy: Post-Surgery Care
Starting Solid Foods
Stoma Care for Children and Their Families
Stop the Bleed
Sun Safety for Children and Babies
Supporting Siblings of a Hospitalized Child
Sweet Drinks and Obesity
Talking to Kids About Their Cancer Diagnosis
Teaching Toddlers Good Food Habits
Teething
Telehealth: Virtual Visits
The Dangers of Children Swallowing Button Batteries
The Heart's Electrical System
The Hospital Stay After a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant
The Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Decision
Tips for Checking Blood Sugar
Tips for Communicating With Your Child's Health Care Team
Toy Safety Tips for Parents
Traumatic Injury Home Care Resources
Treating Anaphylactic Shock
Types of Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Donors
Types of Seizures in Children
Understanding EEG Video Telemetry
Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Donor Program
Ureteral Reimplant Surgery FAQ
Vaccinations: 4 Ways to Ease Your Child’s Anxiety & Pain
Vacunas COVID-19 para niños
Virtual Reality Transforming Brain Surgery for Patients and Providers
West Nile Virus
What Are the Chances of Outgrowing Epilepsy?
What Do Low Lymphocytes Mean?
What Is a Pediatric Neurologist?
What Is a Pediatric Neurosurgeon
What Is Bone Marrow?
What to Do if Your Child Is in Pain
What to Expect During a VCUG
Who Can Donate Blood?
Why Blood is Needed
Why Fiber Is So Good for You
Wilms Tumor Prognosis
Your 18-Month-Old
Your 2-Year-Old
Your 3- to 4-Year-Old
Your 5-Year-Old
Your 6- to 9-Year-Old
Your Baby at 1 Month
Your Baby at 1 Week
Your Baby at 12 Months
Your Baby at 2 Months
Your Baby at 2 Weeks
Your Baby at 4 Months
Your Baby at 6 Months
Your Baby at 9 Months
Your Tween: 10- to 13-Year-Olds
10 Tips for Parents of Kids With Epilepsy