If you or your child need ear tubes to relieve chronic ear infections, you're in good company. According to "The New York Times," around 700,000 children a year undergo surgery to have ear tubes inserted. In rare cases, adults need the surgery as well. Having ear tubes doesn't mean your child has to give up sports, though a few precautions will keep her -- and her ears -- healthy and happy.
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Hip instability is a chronic condition often caused by sports and exercises that force you into repetitive motions with your hip flexors and joints. While golf and tennis are sports that require greater rotation than running, i...
Hereditary spherocytosis is a genetic disorder characterized by rigid, misshapen red blood cells that are destroyed in the spleen. Exercising with hereditary spherocytosis may be challenging because of the lack of red blood cel...
Your urinary tract consists of the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. Urine is manufactured in the kidneys and drains down the ureters to the bladder, where it is stored temporarily. When you urinate, urine passes from the ...
A pull or strain to the muscles of your groin, hip or thigh is a fairly common skiing injury. Do not attempt to continue skiing after hurting yourself. If you follow your doctor's advice to rest and treat the groin pull, you wi...
The urge to vomit is caused by a variety of factors, but it usually represents your body’s attempt to rid itself of something pathogenic or poisonous. Food poisoning is a common cause of vomiting and can lead to dehydrati...
Each of your feet has two peroneal tendons that appear behind your ankle bone on the outer edge of your foot. One of them attaches on the outer edge of your foot in the middle and the other attaches near the arch of your foot. ...
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