The teen years bring a focus on social interactions and friendships. This includes same-gender friends, same-gender groups of friends, and cross-gender groups of friends. In addition, sexual maturity triggers teens' interest in dating and sexual relationships.

Detailed information on heart defects that cause extra blood flow through the lungs

A Pap test, along with a pelvic exam, is an important part of a teen's routine health care because it may find abnormalities that can lead to invasive cancer.

Anyone can feel sad or depressed at times. But mood disorders are more intense. They are harder to handle than normal feelings of sadness. Read on to learn more about these types of disorders in teens.

Through the blood vessels in the umbilical cord, the fetus receives all the necessary nutrition, oxygen, and life support from the mother through the placenta.

Osgood-Schlatter disease is an overuse condition in children. It's when the tendon in a knee becomes injured and inflamed.

In most cases of congenital heart defect, the cause is thought to be a combination of genetics and environment.

Detailed information on orthopedic problems and teens

Electrocardiography (ECG) is a simple, fast test to check the electrical activity of your child's heart as blood moves through it. Abnormal ECG results may mean there's a problem with your child's heart.

Detailed information on oral health problems and teens