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Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (islet cell tumors) treatments include surgery, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and supportive care. Learn more about the treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in this expert-reviewed summary.

Childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment is usually chemotherapy given in phases and determined by risk group. Radiation therapy, targeted therapy and stem cell transplant are sometimes used. Learn more about newly diagnosed and recurrent ALL in this expert reviewed summary.

Wilms tumor and other childhood kidney tumors treatment usually includes surgery and may be followed by radiation therapy or chemotherapy. Other treatments may include immunotherapy or high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue. Learn more in this expert-reviewed summary.

A hearing aid is a small electronic device that you wear in or behind your ear. It makes some sounds louder so that a person with hearing loss can listen, communicate, and participate more fully in daily activities.

CDC’s online Hepatitis Risk Assessment takes less than five minutes and provides personalized viral hepatitis testing and vaccination recommendations

Most children hear and listen to sounds at and even before birth. They learn to talk by imitating the sounds they hear around them and the voices of their parents and caregivers. But that’s not true for all children. In fact, about two or three out of every 1,000 children in the United States are born with detectable hearing loss in one or both ears.

Male breast cancer treatment options include surgery with or without radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and/or targeted therapy. Learn more about the diagnosis and treatment of newly diagnosed and recurrent male breast cancer in this expert-reviewed summary.

Most children with chickenpox completely recover. But it can be serious, even deadly, for babies, adolescents, adults, and people with weakened immune systems. Get vaccinated if you are not protected against chickenpox.

Melissa C. Mercado-Crespo, PhD1, Steven A. Sumner, MD1, M.

Pacemakers use low-energy electrical pulses to control the rate and rhythm of your heartbeat. Traditional pacemakers send the electrical pulses through wires, also known as leads. Wireless pacemakers are a newer kind of pacemaker without wires.