Author: Arrianna Thothong
How Spina Bifida Affects Child Development, and How It’s Treated
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Overview Spina bifida is a spine condition that is usually found at birth. The term translates to “split spine,” and what happens is a part of the neural tube fails to develop correctly. Though the severity differs from case to case, this disease can cause problems with the spinal cord,…
Understanding Childhood Cancer: All You Need to Know About Wilms Tumor
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Overview Wilms Tumor, or nephroblastoma, is a type of cancer that is almost always found in children. For the most part, this disease only affects one kidney, but occasionally affects both. This is the most common type of kidney cancer, and makes up 6% of all childhood cancer cases. It…
What You Need to Know: Pediatric Radiologists
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Overview Pediatric radiology is a very unique and special type of radiology. This is because they usually get to work with the whole body as general radiologists do. However, since they work with children, they often look for different things. This is because there are some diseases that appear mostly…
Care for The Next Generation: Simplifying What You Need to Know About Pediatric Radiologists
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Overview Pediatric radiology is a very unique and special type of radiology. This is because they usually get to work with the whole body, like general radiologists do. However, since they work with children, they often look for different things. This is because there are some diseases that appear mostly…
Combining Treatment and Imaging: What You Need to Know About Interventional Radiologists
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Overview Interventional radiologists are radiologists who specialize in using imaging technology to help guide invasive procedures. “Invasive procedures” sounds intimidating, it typically just applies to procedures that need no cut at all or just a small one. Interventional radiologists work with issues to do with organs or blood. Some things…
Saving Lives One X-Ray At a Time: What You Need To Know About Radiologists
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Overview Radiologists are unique doctors that use imaging equipment, like X-rays and MRIs, to diagnose and provide care for patients. There are many different specialists in radiology, like interventional radiologists and radiation oncologists (both of which we’ll be talking about more in-depth in other posts!), but this time, we’ll just…