AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. AIDS is a disease that causes people to suffer from opportunistic infections, which are serious infections caused by germs to which healthy...
Acne
Acne is a condition in which the sebaceous (oil) glands become overactive and inflamed, causing a breakout of pimples on the skin. In severe acne, infections and abscesses form in the oil glands....
Caring for a sick child
By Morris Green, M.D. All parents try to keep their children healthy. But in spite of all efforts, a child is bound to become ill occasionally. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the child has a...
Medical Guide
It is always best to have a medical doctor on whom you can call if your child becomes ill. A continuing relationship with your child's doctor, a relationship that starts with the in-hospital...
Health and safety
One of the best ways to keep your infant healthy is to take the baby to a physician who can regularly check the child's development and give immunizations against many infectious diseases. The...
Caring for the baby
Almost all new parents handle their babies as though they are water-filled balloons--- ready to burst. These parents are usually overconcerned about care of the baby's navel and nails, the soft spot...
I go to the emergency room
If I get very sick all of a sudden or if I have an accident, I go to the emergency room of the hospital. Nurses and doctors in the emergency room work quickly. They don't talk much. They may even...
I go to the hospital
Once, when I was sick I had to go to the hospital. I stayed there for a while. Hospitals sound different from my house. There is the sound of wheels. Meal carts and wheel chairs and scrub pails roll...
I go to the doctor
I go to the doctor when I'm sick. The doctor may give me medicine or a shot, called an injection. Germs make me sick. Medicine helps fight the germs. But there are times when I go to the doctor and...
My bones grow
One day my mother let me hold my baby brother. "Why is he so much softer than I am?" I asked. My mother said, "One reason he feels softer is that his bones aren't as hard as yours are. When babies...
