Normal and Abnormal Thyroid Exam
Watch as Dr. Andy Bauer performs an exam on a teenager with a normal, healthy thyroid, and shows what to look for during exams on children with abnormal thyroids.
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIDDK is a branch of the National Institutes of Health that offers health and research information about a variety of digestive diseases that can affect the liver.
Advanced Pediatric Thyroid Cancer; is it time for a paradigm shift in care?
Standard therapy for thyroid cancer in children involves surgical resection followed by radioactive iodine therapy in patients with invasive differentiated thyroid carcinoma.
Treating Graves' Disease at CHOP's Pediatric Thyroid Center
Parents, patients and doctors discuss the evaluation and treatment of Graves' disease at CHOP.
Thyroid Cancer Treatment at CHOP
Phil and Molly Ronca brought their 14-year-old daughter to CHOP for thyroid cancer treatment.
GIKids
GIKids provides easy to understand information about the treatment and management of these pediatric digestive conditions for children and parents.
When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder: Practical Strategies to Help Your Teen Recover from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating
If your teen has an eating disorder—such as anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating—you may feel helpless, worried, or uncertain about how you can best support them. That’s why you need real, proven-effective strategies you can use right away. Whether used in conjunction with treatment or on its own, this book offers an evidence-based approach you can use now to help your teen make healthy choices and stay well in body and mind.
Eating with Your Anorexic: How My Child Recovered Through Family-Based Treatment and Yours Can Too
This poignant and informative narrative relates how one mother rescued her daughter from the "experts" and treated the girl's life-threatening anorexia using a controversial approach. Known as the Maudsley Approach, this home-based, family-centered therapy, developed in Great Britain in the 1980s, has been receiving a lot of press here over the past few years.
Anorexia and other Eating Disorders: How to help your child eat well and be well
The most effective treatment for eating disorders is family-based, where parents play an essential role. Yet most struggle to know what to do and how to do it. With a wealth of practical examples and tips that have helped many tens of thousands of relieved parents, Eva Musby guides you through each stage of your son or daughter's recovery. She provides solace and confidence, while addressing the real-life questions that parents struggle with.
F.E.A.S.T. | Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders
F.E.A.S.T. walks alongside families as they navigate the challenges of their loved one’s eating disorder. We provide parents and caregivers with transformative peer support, education, empowerment, and community through a multitude of top-notch free programs and services.