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Splinters - Splinter Removal and Prevention
Kids commonly get splinters, often because they like to walk around barefoot and because they frequently play in and around places that make them prone to getting splinters, such as wooden playground equipment, backyards, and parks. Learn how to remove and prevent splinters, including when to see your pediatrician for help.
Splinters - Splinter Removal and Prevention
Kids commonly get splinters, often because they like to walk around barefoot and because they frequently play in and around places that make them prone to
Spoiled Brat Screening Quiz
A screening quiz to see if you or someone you know is raising a spoiled brat.
Spoiled Brat Screening Quiz
Does your child have frequent temper tantrums, get frustrated easily, or rarely follow your rules? Are you afraid to go out in public because your child might
Spoiled Brat Screening Quiz Results [pediatrics]
Here are the results of your spoiled brat screening quiz to see if your child is spoiled.
Spoiling a Baby
Most experts think that you can't spoil a baby, so don't hesitate to pick up your baby when she cries and consider carrying her in a wrap or carrier to keep her comforted and calm.
Sports Drinks and Energy Drinks for Kids
Sports drinks, like Gatorade and Powerade, have always been popular with kids and parents. And that's not necessarily bad, as there is a role for sports
Sports Eye Safety Month
For most parents, sports eye safety is limited to wearing prescription safety goggles instead of their regular glasses... That is unfortunate, because
Sports Injury
Although everyone wants kids to be more active, no one wants that increase in physical activity to come at the expense of more injuries. Unfortunately, many
Sports Physical Exams
My teen needs a sport's physical before he can play football this fall. Should I go to his Pediatrician or is it just as good to let them do the team physical at school?
Sports for Preschoolers
To help get your kids started early toward a lifetime of healthy habits, consider getting them involved in organized sports, like soccer, baseball, or gynastics, at an early age.
Sportsstuff Wego Kite Tubes Withdrawn from Market after Reports of Deaths and Injuries
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Sportsstuff, Inc., of Omaha, Nebraska is voluntarily recalling about 19,000 Wego Kite Tubes. CPSC staff is aware of 39 injury incidents with 29 of those resulting in medical treatment. Sportsstuff has received reports of two deaths in the United States and a variety of serious injuries. Sportsstuff has been unable to determine the cause of the incidents.
Spring Allergies
With the first day of spring, we may get warmer weather, spring showers, flowers, and more fun times outside for kids, but it also signals the start of spring
Spring Allergies
The first day of spring is still a few weeks away, but in many parts of the United States, grass is starting to get green and trees are already blooming. That
Spring Allergies
Even as we begin to move out of cold and flu season, many kids will continue to have a runny nose, as they now move into their spring allergy season. With
Spring Allergy Season
Depending on where you live, you may have noted the start of some allergy symptoms already, including a runny nose, congestion, and itchy eyes, etc. This
Spring Cleaning
Spring cleaning safety tips that can help keep your kids safe, such as cleaning out your medicine cabinet, checking your smoke detectors, and getting rid of
Spring Cleaning
The first day of spring is a great time to do some spring cleaning in and around your home. In addition to your regular spring cleaning chores, consider
Spring Cleaning and Child Safety
Spring cleaning safety tips that can help keep your kids safe, such as cleaning out your medicine cabinet, checking your smoke detectors, and getting rid of broken toys.
Spring Cleaning with the CPSC
Spring Cleaning with the CPSC
Spring Time Seasonal Allergies and Children
Spring time is commonly met with a lot of sneezing, runny noses, and itchy eyes for children with allergies. Learn to prevent and treat seasonal allergies in your kids.
Spring Time and Children's Health
Spring time is now here. For most children, this means more outdoor activities (swimming, camping, bike riding, etc.). For all parents, this means being extra vigilant to keep your child safe and healthy. Learn about spring allergies, water and sun safety and using insect repellents safely.
Springtime
Springtime and the end of the school year marks a big shift for many Pediatric offices. Long gone are the days with a waiting room full of sick kids. Although
Springtime Safety and Health Issues
Keep your kids safe and healthy this spring season by learning about sun safety, spring allergies, water safety, and avoiding insect bites.
Springtime Safety and Health Issues
April showers bring May flowers, and all of that wonderful stuff... But this time of year, your kids may also have to be on the watch for poison ivy, spring
Sprouts Recall
Sprouts Recall
Stair Safety
Securing the stairs in your home with gates, which seem to be missing in this photo, to prevent falls is another essential part of childproofing your home.
Standing with Support
A photo of a baby standing with support, a developmental milestone that most infants reach by the time that they are six and a half to nine months old. Keep in mind that infants can't usually pull themselves to a standing position on their own until they are eight to ten months old.
Staph Skin Infections and MRSA
Learn to identify and treat common skin infections caused by the staph bacteria, including impetigo and abscesses.
Staph Skin Infections and MRSA
Staff is a common misspelling for the word staph. Learn to identify and treat common skin infections caused by the staph bacteria, including impetigo and abscesses.
Staph Skin Infections and MRSA
Learn to identify and treat common skin infections caused by the staph bacteria, including impetigo, boils, and abscesses.
Start of Flu Season
Start of Flu Season
Starting Baby Cereal
Review why you shouldn't rush to start your six week old baby on cereal and when would be a more appropriate time to start baby cereal.
Starting Solid Baby Foods
Review how to recognize if your baby is ready to start eating solid baby foods and how to get started feeding your baby infant cereal.
Starting Solid Foods
Information about starting your infant on solid baby foods, such as an iron fortified cereal, fruits, vegetables, meats and finger foods.
Starting To Use Deodorant and Controlling BO
Learn how to control a child's body odor and at what age you should start using deodorant.
Starting To Use Deodorant and Controlling BO
Learn how to control a child's body odor and at what age you should start using deodorant.
State Car Seat Laws and What's Safe
My pediatrician said that I should keep my five year old in a booster seat, but I think that the state car seat law here in Texas says that kids only have to ride in a car seat up until they are four years old. Who is right?
State by State Flu Vaccination Coverage
State by State Flu Vaccination Coverage
Stay Away from Second-Hand Smoke
Learn how and why you should keep your baby away from second hand smoke.
Staying Healthy - Healthy Kids - Healthy Living
Parents are often frustrated by how often their children are sick, especially if they are in school or day care. Learn some tips to keep your kids healthy year round, even during cold and flu season.
Staying Home from Day Care
Review general guidelines for when your child should stay home from day care when she is sick and when it may be okay for her to go to day care, like when she just has a cough and runny nose, but isn't fussy and doesn't have a fever.
Staying Safe on Heelys
Heelys are thought to be safe by most parents since kids are usually not going very fast on their Heelys, but it is important to keep in mind that kids can get
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome - Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Symptoms and Treatments
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) is a rare type of hypersensitivity reaction to a medication or an infection, and can lead to the formation of a blistering skin rash and painful mouth ulcers. Learn more about Stevens-Johnson syndrome symptoms and treatments, which can be triggered by many commonly prescribed antibiotics and anticonvulsants.
Still More Breastfeeding Myths
Still more breastfeeding myths which are often not true and can lead to less breastfeeding, including inverted nipples interfering with breastfeeding, becoming pregnant, diarrhea, using a bottle, having surgery, and breastfeeding twins.
Stinky Urine and Urinary Tract Infection Symptoms
Stinky Urine and Urinary Tract Infection Symptoms
Stockpiling Medicines
As people talk about stockpiling potassium iodide pills, even as experts say not to, it makes you wonder what happened to all of the stockpiled medicines from
Stomach Flu
The stomach flu is actually not related to the flu, but can be caused by other viruses including rotavirus, which often includes symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, fever, and stomach cramps.
Stomach Flu
Ever wonder why you can get the stomach flu even if you had a flu shot? It's because the stomach flu actually has nothing to do with the 'flu' and isn't caused
Stomach Flu - Stomach Flu Symptoms
The term 'stomach flu' can be confusing, since it has nothing to do with the influenza virus or flu shots. Learn more about the stomach flu and stomach flu symptoms, which often includes vomiting and watery diarrhea.
Stomach Flu Closes California School
Stomach Flu Closes California School
Stopping Breastfeeding Before a Year
Review what you should do if you stop breastfeeding your infant before they are twelve months old.
Stopping Toddler Biting Behaviors
Learn to help your infant or toddler stop biting at home or in daycare.
Stopping Vomiting and Diarrhea
Review frequently asked questions about children with diarrhea and vomiting, including causes, how to stop it, and whether or not you should give your sick child flat Coke or 7 UP.
Stories about Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Stories about Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Storing Homemade Baby Food
Learn how to safely store homemade baby food for your baby.
Storing Thanksgiving Leftovers Safely
Tips for safely storing Thanksgiving leftovers.
Stork Craft Baby Crib Recall
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. has recalled about 535,000 baby cribs because 'metal support brackets used to
Storm Safety - Weather Radio
An NOAA weather radio can be an essential high tech gadget to keep your family safe during storms, especially severe thunderstorms and tornados.
Stove Guard
The stove can be one of the more dangerous things in your kitchen. Learn to keep your kids safe from your stove.
Strabismus and Developmental Delays
Review what could cause developmental delays in a child who also has strabismus.
Stranger Danger Danger
The idea of warning kids about 'stranger danger' has become out of favor in recent years. There is the fact that many kids are actually taken by people that
Stranger Danger Quiz
Most parents warn their kids to 'not talk to strangers'. Unfortunately, that may not be enough, as many children have a hard time identifying who a stranger
Stranger Danger Quiz - Can your kids recognize strangers?
Using our Stranger Danger Quiz, you can test your kids to see if they know how to recognize strangers. Will they just choose people who look mean or strange? Or will they recognize that a stranger is anyone that they don't know?
Stranger Danger Quiz Results
Here are the results of your Stranger Danger Quiz. Do your kids know how to recognize a stranger?
Stranger Danger Quiz Stranger Details
Here are the details of your Stranger Danger Quiz results. Do your kids know how to recognize a stranger?
Strangulation Hazards - Hidden Dangers
Suffocation is a leading cause of accidental death in children. Learn how to keep your kids safe and avoid strangulation hazards, such as window blind cords, clothing drawstrings, and soccer goal nets, etc.
Stratera - A New ADHD Medication
Strattera is a new nonstimulant medication that has been approved for the treatment of ADHD in children and adults.
Strattera - A New ADHD Medication
Strattera is a new nonstimulant medication that has been approved for the treatment of ADHD in children and adults.
Strattera - A New ADHD Medication
Strattera is a new nonstimulant medication that has been approved for the treatment of ADHD in children and adults.
Strattera - A New ADHD Medication
Strattera is a new nonstimulant medication that has been approved for the treatment of ADHD in children and adults.
Strattera Suicide Warning
Unfortunately, Strattera hasn't escaped the association with side effects, as the FDA has issued an alert about 'an increased risk of suicidal thinking in children and adolescents being treated with' Strattera.
Strattera Suicide Warning
Strattera has become an increasing popular medicine to treat children with ADHD, as parents seek alternative to stimulants, like Adderall XR and Concerta.
Strattera for ADHD
Strattera is used to treat Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children, adolescents, and adults.
Strattera for ADHD
Learn about using Strattera, a non-stimulant medication, to treat children and adults with ADHD.
Strattera for ADHD in the Summer
Should your continue your child's ADHD medicine during the summer when he is out of school?
Strawberries Cause Local E. coli Outbreak in Oregon
Strawberries Cause Local E. coli Outbreak in Oregon
Strep Throat Symptoms
Review the symptoms of strep throat and when you should see your Pediatrician if your child has a sore throat.
Strep Throat Symptoms
Review why a child being treated with antibiotics for strep throat might start coughing.
Strep Throat Symptoms
Review the classic symptoms of strep throat, including a fever, sore throat, swollen glands, red tonsils, and the absence of a cough.
Strep Throat Symptoms
Parents and doctors sometimes think that they can tell when a child has strep throat based on certain signs or symptoms, such as how their tonsils look or by
Strep Throat Tests
Review some of the ways that your Pediatrician can test your child for strep throat, including rapid strep tests and strep cultures.
Strep Throat Tests
Review some of the ways that your Pediatrician can test your child for strep throat, including rapid strep tests and strep cultures. Related: Strep Throat
Stroller Recall
Learn about the large recall of Graco Duo Tandem Strollers and Graco MetroLite Strollers, which can fail to latch properly and unexpectedly collapse while in
Stroller Recalls List
Strollers are usually considered one of the essential baby products new parents must have. Being aware of stroller recalls can also help you to make sure your child is safe in her stroller.
Strong Fathers - Strong Families
We had a 'Bring Your Dad to School Day' at my kids' school this morning. I thought it was going to be like a Career Day type thing, so I was all ready to
Student with HIV denied admission to Milton Hershey School
Student with HIV denied admission to Milton Hershey School
Study on the Changing Diagnosis of Autism
Study on the Changing Diagnosis of Autism
Sturge-Weber syndrome
Review what might cause a baby to have facial paralysis and a port wine stain.
Stuttering
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Stuttering
Stuttering is a common problem for children. In fact, about 5% of children stutter as preschoolers. Many outgrow it though, so that only about 1% of adults are still stuttering. Learn how to help your child who stutters, including what stuttering therapy is available and where to go for help.
Stuttering Awareness Week
Help observe National Stuttering Awareness Week by learning more about stuttering and children. Actions Speak Louder Than Words for Those Who Stutter The
Stuttering in Children
Many toddlers and preschool age children stutter as they are learning to talk, and although many parents worry about it, most of these children will outgrow the stuttering and will have normal speech as they get older. Learn what to do if your child stutters.
Stye - Stye Symptoms and Treatments
A stye, also known as a hordeolum, is a common infection on a child's eyelid. Learn about the symptoms and treatments in case your child gets a stye.
Stye Symptoms and Treatments
A stye, also known as a hordeolum, is a common infection on a child's eyelid. Although common, parents frequently are unsure what to do when their child
Styes and Eyelid Bumps
Review what could cause a pimple like bump on a child's eyelid, such as a stye or chalazion.
Suave Kids Bath Sets Sold at Wal-Mart Recalled for Choking, Other Hazards
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Almar Sales Co., of New York, NY, is voluntarily recalling about 11,000 Suave Kids Bath Sets. Items in the baths sets contain small parts that pose a choking hazard to young children. Additionally, some of the handles on the carrying case are long enough to pose a strangulation hazard. Also, the plastic carrying case poses a danger of suffocation.
Suave Kids Bath Sets Sold at Wal-Mart Recalled for Choking, Other Hazards
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Almar Sales Co., of New York, NY, is voluntarily recalling about 11,000 Suave Kids Bath Sets. Items in the baths sets contain small parts that pose a choking hazard to young children. Additionally, some of the handles on the carrying case are long enough to pose a strangulation hazard. Also, the plastic carrying case poses a danger of suffocation.
Sudden Death in Teen Athletes
News of the sudden death of three teen athletes has likely caught the attention of many parents. First came the death of 16-year-old high school basketball
Sugar Confusion
Many parents get confused about sugar and how to identify it in foods. The news that high-fructose corn syrup might be renamed to the more simple corn sugar,
Sugar Free Drinks - Sugar Free Fruit Juice
With all of the talk about the childhood obesity epidemic, it is no surprise that parents would like to give their kids sugar free fruit juice. Learn if it is okay to give your kids sugar free fruit juice and what other sugar free drinks are available.
Suicide and Suicide Prevention
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in older children and teens. Learn how to recognize the risk factors and warning signs of suicide so that you can work to try and prevent suicide in teens.
Suicide in Children and Teens
Learn the signs and risk factors for children that commit suicide and how to get help.
Summer Camp - Health Problems at Summer Camp
Going to summer camp is a fun and popular activity for kids. Unfortunately, kids sometimes get sick when they are at camp, especially if they are away for a few weeks. Learn how to prepare so your child can avoid common summer camp health problems.
Summer Camp Health Problems
About 10 million kids go to camp each year. Going to camp can help kids build self-esteem and self-confidence and provides a safe environment for kids to
Summer Camp Trends
Summer Camp Trends
Summer Camp Web Directory
This is a guide to some of the directories and listings of summer camps available for children with disabilities.
Summer Camps for Children with Disabilities
This is a guide to some of the directories and listings of summer camps available for children with disabilities.
Summer Fun for Kids
Summer Fun for Kids
Summer Pool Safety
As Pools Open for Summer, Young Children Face Drowning Risks. The CPSC Highlights Dangers from Inexpensive, Inflatable Pools as Death Reports Rise.
Summer Safety Primer
Learn to help you keep your kids safe and healthy this summer by reviewing our Summer Safety Primer and then take our Summer Safety Quiz to see if you're ready.
Summer Safety Primer - Keep Your Kids Safe During Summertime
A primer to help you keep your kids safe this summer, including helping you learn about avoiding sunburn, insect bites and stings, treating poison ivy, heat illness, and poisonings.
Summer Safety Quiz
A quiz to test your knowledge of summer safety, including using sunscreen, insect repellents, water and fireworks safety.
Summer Safety Quiz
Are you having a good summer? Make sure your kids are safe and take this quiz to test your knowledge of summer safety, including using sunscreen, insect
Summer Safety Quiz
Ready for summer? I'm sure your kids are. Summer is a fun time for most kids, but it does often mean more time outdoors and increased vigilance to keep your
Summer Safety Quiz Results
Thanks for taking our quiz. Learn about summer safety, including using sunscreen, insect repellents, water and fireworks safety.
Summer Safety Tips
For many people, summer means fun in the sun. The kids are out of school, adults are on vacation and it's time for outdoor activities like riding bikes and hosting barbecues. However, summer also is the time of year kids are most likely to be injured.
Summer Safety and Health Tips
Keep your kids safe and healthy this summer season by learning about sun safety, fireworks, water safety, and avoiding insect bites.
Summer Safety and Health Tips
Keep your kids safe and healthy this summer season by learning about sun safety, fireworks, water safety, and avoiding insect bites.
Summer Time Infections
There are many infections that are common in the late spring and summer, including Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and enteroviral infections. All can affect children.
Sun Misbehaviors - Sunburns and Using Sunscreen
Sun Misbehaviors - Sunburns and Using Sunscreen
Sun Poisoning
Sun poisoning is a non-medical term for severe sunburn.
Sun Protection - Tips for Sun Protection Beyond Wearing Sunscreen
Since even the best sunscreen won't block all of the UVA and UVB rays that can cause skin cancer and skin damage, it is important that you learn other ways to maximize your child's sun protection, by limiting sun exposure, properly wearing sunscreen, and even considering sunless tanning.
Sun Protection Clothing and Sunglasses
Learn why kids should wear sun-protection clothing, a hat and sunglasses in addition to sunscreen.
Sun Safety Parenting Quiz Results [pediatrics]
Thanks for taking our sun safety parenting quiz. Learn about summer safety in our About summer safety section.
Sun Safety Quiz
Are you keeping your kids safe from the sun? Take our Sun Safety Parenting Quiz to see if you know everything you should to keep your kids safe from the harmful effects of the sun.
Sun Safety Quiz
SPF. UVB. Sun. Shade. Sunglasses. There are a lot of things that you need to know about to keep your kids safe from the sun and avoid sunburns. Are you keeping
Sun Safety for your Children
Seven steps to safer sunning to prevent sunburn and skin cancer, including avoiding the sun, using sunscreen, wearing a hat and sunglasses, covering up, avoiding artificial tanning and checking your skin regularly.
Sunbeam Gas Ranges Recall
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Petters Consumer Brands, LLC, of Minnetonka, Minn., is voluntarily recalling about 3,600 Sunbeam Gas Ranges. These ranges lack an adequate heat shield, and can cause scorching of certain flooring materials directly under the appliance.
Sunblock
Review the differences between sunblock and sunscreen to help you choose the best sun protection for your kids.
Sunburn
Learn how to recognize and treat your child's sunburn.
Sunburn
Your baby is going to have a lot of 'firsts' early in her life, such as her first words and first steps, but don't let her first sunburn be one of them. Infants
Sunburn - First Sunburn of Spring
The first day of Spring brings us many things. It usually heralds the end of cold and flu season, fewer RSV cases, and of course, a lot of flowers.
Sunburn Statistics
Sunburn Statistics
Sunday Shooting Review - More Everyday Victims
Sunday Shooting Review - More Everyday Victims
Sunscreen
Learn how to protect your kids from the sun and to use sunscreen properly to avoid sunburns.
Sunscreen
Learn how to protect your kids from the sun and to use sunscreen properly to avoid sunburns: Best Sunscreen for Kids Sunscreen Myths and Facts Sunblock
Sunscreen - Sunscreen Questions and Answers
Review common questions, answers, myths and facts about sunscreen, such as how much sunscreen you should use, how often you should reapply sunscreen, and if tanning will help your teen's acne.
Sunscreen - Use It or Lose It
Sunscreen doesn't last forever. It has an expiration date, so use it or lose it.
Sunscreen Ingredients - All About Sunscreen Ingredients
Learn which sunscreen ingredients should be listed in any sunscreen you choose to protect your kids from the sun.
Sunscreen Mistakes vs Sunscreen Immunity
Review whether a child who gets very tanned when using sunscreen is immune to sunscreen or if they are just making common sunscreen mistakes.
Sunscreen Myths - Debunking Sunscreen Myths
Many parents get confused about how to protect their kids from the sun. To make things even more confusing, many parents continue to believe these common sunscreen myths, like that you can't get a sunburn on a cloudy day, a base tan is healthy, or that they shouldn't use sunscreen so that their kids will make more vitamin D.
Sunscreen Rules for Summer Camp
Sunscreen Rules for Summer Camp
Sunscreen Season
Milder spring weather often gets kids outside more than they were in the fall and winter, which is great news, as most kids can use a little more physical
Sunscreen and Insect Repellents
When outside, unless you want to deal with a miserable kids with sunburn and covered in bug bites, you have to protect your kids from both the sun and bugs. Review how to use sun screens and insect repellents together.
Sunscreen and Sun Protection
Despite frequent warnings about the dangers of sun exposure and the wide availability of sunscreen, the average child gets sunburned once or twice a year and is
Sunscreen and Sunburn
In addition to being surprised by poison ivy this time of year, many parents get surprised when their kids get sunburn in the Fall. After all, with the milder
Sunscreen and Sunscreen Controversies
Properly using sunscreen will greatly decrease your child's risk of getting a sunburn. Wearing sunscreen is not without its share of sunscreen controversies though, including the risk of vitamin D deficiency, the possibility of a higher risk of melanoma, and possibility of safety hazards from some sunscreen ingredients, including oxybenzone and retinyl palmitate.
Sunscreen isn't Poison
Gisele Bundchen, the Brazilian supermodel, recently seemed to say that sunscreen was poison. In an interview with The Daily Mail, she said that she doesn't
Suntan Lotion - The Difference Between Suntan Lotion and Sunscreen
Learn the differences between suntan lotion and sunscreen and if you should ever use suntan lotion on your kids.
Super 8-year-old Girl Survives Rabies
Super 8-year-old Girl Survives Rabies
Supplemental Bottles for Nursing Babies
Even moms who are exclusively breastfeeding will occasionally have times when they may need to supplement with a bottle. That can be a problem if your baby is stubborn and doesn't want to take a bottle though.
Supplemental Newborn Screening
Review the issue of whether or not you should order a supplemental newborn screening test for your baby.
Supplemental Newborn Screening
Review the issue of whether or not you should order a supplemental newborn screening test for your baby.
Supplemental Newborn Screening
Review the issue of whether or not you should order a supplemental newborn screening test for your baby.
Supplementing With Formula
Learn what to do to help your breastfeeding baby get weaned from formula supplements.
Support Groups for Parents
A collection of resources for parents of children with chronic illnesses, including cystic fibrosis, congenital heart disease, and rare disorders, so that they can get the information and support they need to care for their children.
Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund
Support the Prevention and Public Health Fund
Surfaxin for RDS
Surfaxin for RDS
Surviving Swine Flu
As widespread swine flu cases have spread to twenty-six states, more and more parents and pediatricians are having to care for kids with swine flu. Learn how to survive swine flu and take care of your child with swine flu.
Surviving Swine Flu
As widespread swine flu cases have spread to twenty-six states, more and more parents and pediatricians are having to care for kids with swine flu. Even more
Surviving the Holidays with Kids
Review how you can make sure that your holidays, including Thanksgiving and Christmas, are safe and healthy for your family and kids.
Surviving the Holidays with Kids
Review how you can make sure that your holidays, including Thanksgiving and Christmas, are safe and healthy for your family and kids. More: Childproofing | Food
Surviving the Holidays with Kids
Review how you can make sure that your holidays, such as Christmas, are safe and healthy for your family and kids. Are you visiting family? Are their homes
Suzuki 2006 model year QuadRacer ATVs Recall
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), American Suzuki Motor Corp., of Brea, Calif., is voluntarily recalling about 6,300 Suzuki 2006 model year QuadRacer ATVs. The cushion lever mounting bracket on the ATV frame can break. If this occurs the rider could lose control of the ATV and crash, posing a risk of serious injury or death.
Swaddling a Baby
What are the risks and benefits of swaddling a baby?
Swaddling a Baby
Most parents say that swaddling helps their babies get to sleep, stay asleep, and get comforted quickly, especially when they are newborns. But it is possible
Swallowing Pills - Tips for Swallowing Pills
It seems like swallowing pills is a skill that many kids learn at about age ten years. Review alternatives to swallowing pills and some tips and tricks that can help you teach your kids to swallow pills.
Swim Lessons for Kids
When can I start swim lessons? Learn how to teach your child to enjoy the water and become safe around the water, including a review of the latest recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Swimmer's Ear
Earaches aren't as common in the summer as they are in the winter, during cold and flu season. And an earache during the summer is more likely to be an outer
Swimmer's Ear - Otitis Externa
Learn how to prevent and treat children with Swimmer's Ear.
Swimmer's Ear - Otitis Externa
Tis the season for ear infections again. Unlike the winter, when Pediatricians most see kids with middle ear infections, the average child with ear pain right
Swimming - Staying Safe and Healthy
Many parents overlook the fact that kids can get sick from the germs in the water of pools, lakes, and water parks, etc. In addition to basic swimming safety, learn how taking some simple steps can help to keep your kids and everyone else safe and healthy while swimming.
Swimming - Staying Safe and Healthy
As kids begin to swim more in the spring and summer, parents often concentrate on swimming safety and using sunscreen, which are of course important. They
Swimming Safely with your Baby
To keep your baby safe and healthy around water, experts recommend a few key safety practices, including a layers of protection safety plan and using touch supervision when your baby is in the water.
Swimming with your Baby
Review when you can start swimming with your baby and how to keep your baby safe in the water.
Swine Flu
Get the latest news and updates on the swine flu virus infections in Mexico and the United States.
Swine Flu
We are not hearing as much about swine flu these days, but that clearly doesn't mean that it has gone away. The World Health Organization is now reporting
Swine Flu
Even as flu season winds down across the United States, reports of several cases of swine influenza or swine flu have some people concerned. Swine flu is a
Swine Flu - Hype or Hazard?
As we hear about more and more swine flu cases each day, including the death of a toddler in Houston (who had traveled from Mexico to Brownsville, Texas),
Swine Flu - Panic vs. Preparation
As swine flu cases continue to increase, it is easy to get a little overwhelmed, especially when you hear about school districts closing and see people wearing
Swine Flu - Swine Flu Vaccine Safety and Controversies
Review the recommendations for who should get the 2009 H1N1 swine flu vaccine and learn about the side effects, controversies, and safety profile for this vaccine that can protect your kids from the swine flu.
Swine Flu Cases
Human swine flu cases continue to increase across the United States, although so far all cases have been mild, unlike the outbreak in Mexico. In addition to the
Swine Flu Cases - Swine Flu Definitions
Review swine flu case definitions and swine flu terms to make easier to understand news reports about swine flu.
Swine Flu Emergency
There has been a lot of fear surrounding the swine flu pandemic this year. The declaration of a National Swine Flu Emergency by President Obama may increase
Swine Flu H1N1
Swine influenza or swine flu is a type of flu that normally only affects pigs. Recently, human swine flu cases have been reported in California and Texas and has spread throughout the world, becoming a pandemic.
Swine Flu H1N1 Update
There is some good news for parents worried about the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus. Although swine flu case counts are increasing, they don't seem to be
Swine Flu Map - U.S. Swine Flu Map
View a map of confirmed cases of swine flu on this swine flu map.
Swine Flu Myths and Facts
With as much information as we are all seeing about swine flu, there is also a lot of misinformation and some thing that are a little confusing. These swine flu myths and facts may help to clear things up.
Swine Flu Names - Mexico Flu - H1N1
Although just about everyone has grabbed on the name swine flu, we hear many different names for the new influenza virus that is getting people sick. Where do these names, like H1N1 and Mexico flu, come from?
Swine Flu News
Even as swine flu activity continue to decrease, which may indicate a peak in swine flu cases, it is important to remember that we are still seeing widespread
Swine Flu News
The CDC updated there estimates of H1N1 (swine flu) counts this week, now stating that there have likely been about 22 million cases of 2009 H1N1 since April
Swine Flu News - School Closing Update
There is some good news today about the swine flu (H1N1) outbreak. Even as the total case count increased to 1490, including 403 confirmed cases in 38 states,
Swine Flu News - Swine Flu H1N1 Update
Worry about a pandemic, a global outbreak, is not something new or that we just started to think about with the swine flu A (H1N1) cases. Review the latest news on the swine flu A (H1N1) outbreaks.
Swine Flu News Update
The World Health Organization (WHO) has raised the pandemic alert level from phase 5 to phase 6, as the swine flu (H1N1) virus continues to spread
Swine Flu Survival Kit
Consumer Reports Magazine is teaching its readers how to create a swine flu emergency kit in case a more severe second wave of swine flu hits this fall or
Swine Flu Symptoms
Review common swine flu symptoms, which can include high fever, cough, runny nose, cough, and body aches, and how to tell the difference between swine flu and other common childhood conditions.
Swine Flu Timeline
Worry about a pandemic, a global outbreak, is not something new or that we just started to think about with the swine flu A (H1N1) cases. Review a timeline of the swine flu A (H1N1) outbreaks.
Swine Flu Timeline
Worry about a pandemic, a global outbreak, is not something new or that we just started to think about with the swine flu A (H1N1) cases. Review a timeline of the swine flu A (H1N1) outbreaks.
Swine Flu Timeline - What's Next
Worry about a pandemic, a global outbreak, is not something new or that we just started to think about with the swine flu A (H1N1) cases. Review a timeline of the swine flu A (H1N1) outbreaks.
Swine Flu Timeline - What's Next
Worry about a pandemic, a global outbreak, is not something new or that we just started to think about with the swine flu A (H1N1) cases. Review a timeline of the swine flu A (H1N1) outbreaks.
Swine Flu Treatments - Kids and Swine Flu
Learn about swine flu treatments, including Tamiflu and Relenza, including new dosing guidelines of Tamiflu for infants.
Swine Flu Vaccine - H1N1 Vaccine
As the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus is a new virus, there is no swine flu vaccine available to prevent infections. Learn more about plans to make a swine flu vaccine and who will get it.
Swine Flu Vaccine - Safety, Concerns, and Controversy
With H1N1 swine flu cases on the rise and the CDC reporting that twenty-one states are already seeing widespread cases of swine flu, the delivery of 2009 H1N1
Swine Flu Vaccine Arrives
As swine flu cases continue to increase across the United States, many parents will be happy to hear that the first doses of the 2009 H1N1 swine flu vaccine are
Swine Flu Vaccine Timeline
Review a timeline of the production of the swine flu vaccine to protect children and adults from swine flu H1N1 infections.
Swine Flu Worries
Are your kids worried about swine flu? When something, like the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infections, is on the news a lot, special attention must be
Swing Set Recall
Swing Set Recall
Swing Set Recall
Swing Set Recall
Swing Stair Gate with Extensions
Securing the stairs in your home to prevent falls is another essential part of childproofing your home.
Switching to Whole Milk
Learn about how to change your child from an infant formula to whole cow's milk so that she continues to get enough calcium in her diet.
Switching to Whole Milk
Learn about how to change your child from an infant formula to whole cow's milk so that she continues to get enough calcium in her diet.
Swollen Glands
Swollen glands or lymph nodes worry many parents, even though they are common and often normal, which makes it important to understand the causes and signs when they might be serious.
Swollen Tongue - Classic Allergy Symptom of a Swollen Tongue
A swollen tongue sounds like a serious symptom that should be a medical emergency, doesn't it? While a swollen tongue can be a serious symptom, it is important to consider what other symptoms your child has at the same time and to consider some of the things that can cause a child's tongue to become swollen.
Symptom Checker Results
Here are the results of our Medical Symptom Checker to help you figure out what is causing your child's medical symptoms.
Symptom Diary
Starting a daily symptom diary or journal can be a good way to figure out what triggers common childhood problems, like headaches, stomachaches, diarrhea, etc.
Symptoms Of Hand Foot Mouth Disease
Review the symptoms of hand foot mouth disease.
Symptoms and Diagnosis of Hydrocephalus
Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of children with hydrocephalus.
Symptoms of Brain Tumors Screening Quiz Results [pediatrics]
Here are the results of your Symptoms of Brain Tumors Screening Quiz.
Symptoms of Chicken Pox
Review the symptoms of chicken pox, a viral infection that is becoming less common because most children now receive the chicken pox vaccine.
Symptoms of Childhood Illnesses
Review what can cause common symptoms, like a cough, runny nose, vomiting, and diarrhea.
Symptoms of Dehydration
Review the signs and symptoms of dehydration in children.
Symptoms of Depression in Children and Teens
Learn the more common symptoms of depression in children and teenagers, including a sad or irritable mood and a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed. Plus other signs to look for that your child might be depressed.
Symptoms of Diabetes Screening Quiz
Does your child have any symptoms of diabetes? Try our symptoms of diabetes screening quiz.
Symptoms of Diabetes Screening Quiz Results [pediatrics]
Here are the results of your Symptoms of Diabetes Screening Quiz.
Symptoms of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome in Children
I am sorry to say that I drank quite a bit of alcohol during my pregnancy. Although I don't drink anymore, I am worried about how it might have affected my son. What can I look for to see if he might have Fetal Alcohol Syndrome?
Symptoms of Food Allergies
Food allergies are common; but not as common as some parents believe. That makes it important to learn the symptoms of food allergies, so that you don't mistake a food intolerance for a more serious food allergy.
Symptoms of Growing Pains
Review the symptoms of growing pains and other causes of leg pain in young children.
Symptoms of Growing Pains
Question of the Week Review the symptoms of growing pains and other causes of leg pain in young children.
Symptoms of Muscular Dystrophy
Review the symptoms of muscular dystrophy in children, plus information about testing and treatments.
Symptoms of Muscular Dystrophy
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Week is a good time to review the symptoms of muscular dystrophy in children, plus get information about testing and
Symptoms of Sleep Apnea in Children
Childhood obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is common in children who have symptoms of loud snoring, trouble sleeping and behavior problems during the day. Learn to recognize OSA and its common treatments.
Symptoms of West Nile Virus
Although children are thought to be at low risk from the West Nile Virus, it is important to know the symptoms if your child gets sick and has recently had a mosquito bite.
Symptoms of a Concussion
Review the symptoms of a concussion, a type of brain injury that sometimes occurs during many high school sports, including baseball, basketball, football, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, volleyball, and wrestling, and may cause athletes to appear dazed, stunned, and confused.
Synagis for RSV
Although the flu and flu shots get most of the attention in the fall and winter, parents of high risk children shouldn't forget to consider Synagis shots to prevent RSV infections through the winter RSV season.
Synagis for RSV
Although the flu and flu shots get most of the attention in the fall and winter, parents of high risk children shouldn't forget to consider Synagis shots to
Syphilis
Learn how syphilis is diagnosed and treated, its complications and effects on pregnant women, and hot it can be prevented.
Syphilis Prevention and Treatment
Review how syphilis is transmitted and the symptoms and stages of syphilis.
Syratech Corporation Recalls Elements Decorative Lawn Sprinklers
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Syratech Corporation, of East Boston, Mass., is voluntarily recalling about 10,000 Frog, Fish or Duck Lawn Sprinklers. The plastic body of the lawn sprinkler can crack when placed under intense water pressure and pieces of it can break off and be projected 5 to 10 feet in the air. This could pose a risk of injury to consumers and bystanders.
Syrup of Ipecac Poll
New recommendations from the AAP advise that parents should no longer use syrup of ipecac 'routinely as a poison treatment intervention in the home' and that parents should 'safely dispose of the syrup of ipecac currently in their homes.' Although described by some as a 'huge change' in Pediatrics, I'm not so sure. Do you or did you have syrup of ipecac in your home? Did you ever use it?
Syrup of Ipecac Update
New recommendations from the AAP advise that parents should no longer use syrup of ipecac 'routinely as a poison treatment intervention in the home' and that
T&A
A T&A refers to a tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy, common pediatric surgical procedures in which a child's enlarged tonsils and adenoids are removed.
Taking Care of Your Baby's Gums and Future Teeth
Learn how to take care of your baby's gums, first tooth, and future teeth to keep them healthy and avoid cavities.
Taking Your Eighteen Month Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at eighteen months.
Taking Your Eleven to Teenager to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician for your teenager.
Taking Your Eleven to Twelve Year Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at eleven to twelve years.
Taking Your Fifteen Month Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at fifteen months.
Taking Your Five Year Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at five years.
Taking Your Four Year Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at four years.
Taking Your Nine to Ten Year Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at nine to ten years.
Taking Your Seven to Eight Year Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at seven to eight years.
Taking Your Six Year Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at six years.
Taking Your Three Year Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at three years.
Taking Your Twelve Month Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at twelve months.
Taking Your Two Year Old to the Doctor
What to expect at your well child visit to your Pediatrician at two years.
Taking the Bite out of Fleas and Ticks
Fleas and ticks and attack your cat or dog and pass infections on to your children, including Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Learn to control and prevent fleabites and tick bites, how to use flea and tick products safely and how to remove a tick.
Talking To Your Pediatrician
Most people want to have more time with their doctor. Learn how to make the most of the time that you have with your pediatrician.
Talking to Kids About Swine Flu
Learn how to talk to your kids about the current H1N1 swine flu pandemic, to help them cope and understand what is happening and get over any fears they may have of getting sick with swine flu.
Talking to Kids about the News
Learn to talk to your children about topics in the news and current events, including terrorism, war, natural disasters, school shooting and other tragic events.
Tamiflu
Tamiflu is a prescription antiviral medication that can be used to treat and prevent influenza infections (the flu) in children and adults, if their symptoms have started within the last day or two before starting to take Tamiflu.
Tamiflu
Tamiflu is a prescription antiviral medication that can be used to prevent and treat influenza infections (the flu) in children and adults, if their flu
Tamiflu Shortages
There have been a lot of reports of Tamiflu shortages as swine flu cases continue to increase across the United States. It is important to remember that
Tamiflu Side Effects
Although its use is somewhat controversial, mainly because it is only supposed to decrease flu symptoms by a day and high rates of its use have raised concerns that it may lead to flu virus strains that become resistant to flu medications, it does seem to help many children with the flu. Review how Tamiflu is used and learn about possible side effects.
Tamiflu Update
Tamiflu Update
Tanner Stages and Puberty
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Tanning Beds - Tanning Beds and Skin Cancer
Tanning beds are in the news again. This time, it is because the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a part of the World Health
Target Circo Booster Seat Recall
Target Circo Booster Seat Recall
Target Expands Their Step Stool Recall
Target Expands Their Step Stool Recall
Target Recalls "Play Wonder" Puzzle Tables for Choking and Laceration Hazards
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Target, of Minneapolis, Minn., is voluntarily recalling about 7,100
Target Recalls Scooters - Various Breaking Parts Present Fall Hazard
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Target, of Minneapolis, Minn., is voluntarily recalling about 185,000 Scooters. The handlebars, wheels and wheel brakes can break and detach, causing the rider to lose control, fall and possibly suffer injuries.
Target Recalls Various Toys Due to Lead and Laceration Hazards
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Target Stores, of Minneapolis, Minn., is voluntarily recalling about 190,500
Target Resistance Cord Recall
Target Resistance Cord Recall
Tassimo Single-Cup Brewers Recalled
Tassimo Single-Cup Brewers Recalled
Tassimo espresso T Discs Recalled = Burn Hazard
Tassimo espresso T Discs Recalled = Burn Hazard
Taste and Medication Side Effects
Review what might cause a child to say his mouth burns whenever he takes a cold medicine.
Tdap in Pregnancy - New Recommendations
Tdap in Pregnancy - New Recommendations
Technology - Saving Kids in Unexpected Ways...
Two recent stories about an abducted child and other children that were being abused that highlight how new technologies can help kids in unexpected ways.
Technology - Saving Kids in Unexpected Ways...
Two recent stories about an abducted child and other children that were being abused highlight how new technologies can help kids in unexpected ways. {read
Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz
Using our Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz, we will hopefully convince teens who are at a healthy weight that they are not overweight so that they do not develop an eating disorder.
Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz
Using our Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz, we will hopefully convince teens who are at a healthy weight that they are not overweight so that they do not develop an eating disorder.
Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz
Using our Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz, we will hopefully convince teens who are at a healthy weight that they are not overweight so that they do not develop an eating disorder.
Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz
Using our Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz, we will hopefully convince teens who are at a healthy weight that they are not overweight so that they do not develop an eating disorder.
Teen 'Am I Fat' Quiz Results
Here are the results of your Teen 'Am I Fat?' Quiz, whose main goal is to hopefully convince teens who are at a healthy weight that they are not overweight so that they do not develop an eating disorder.
Teen Depression Research Study
See if your child qualifies to participate in a study of depression in adolescents who do not respond to common treatments for depression.
Teen Depression Research Study
An ongoing research study, Treatment Of Resistant Depression In Adolescents or TORDIA, hopes to 'determine how best to treat adolescents with depression that is
Teen Depression Screening Quiz
A depression screening quiz to see if your kids or teenager is depressed.
Teen Depression Screening Quiz - Are your kids depressed?
A depressed screening quiz to see if your kids or teenager is depressed.
Teen Describes Shooting Brother
Last summer, a 15-year-old in Assaria, Kansas shot and killed his 9-year-old brother, supposedly when trying to shoot a snake that had gotten into their home.
Teen Dies at Football Game in N.Y.
Teen Dies at Football Game in N.Y.
Teen Dies in ATV Accident on Thanksgiving Day
Teen Dies in ATV Accident on Thanksgiving Day
Teen Diet Makeover
Review some common ways that you can makeover a teenager's diet to help them stop gaining weight.
Teen Driver Ed Requirements Depend on Where you Live
Teen Driver Ed Requirements Depend on Where you Live
Teen Drug Abuse
Learn more about drug use among children and teens, including warning signs to look for that might indicate that your kids are using drugs.
Teen Health Fact or Fiction?
A 17 year old near Denver was recently struck by lightning, leaving him feeling like he has a 'bad case of sunburn'. Doctors believe that his tongue ring acted
Teen Issues and Challenges
Review all of the issues and problems facing today's teens, including drug abuse, mental health problems, cyber-bullying, obesity, and things that you may not be familiar with, such as the choking game and abuse of prescription medications and over-the-counter drugs.
Teen Parenting Tips
Get advice, tips, and information from other parents on parenting a teenager.
Teen Quiz - Am I Fat?
Do you have a teen who thinks they are fat even though it seems like they are at a healthy weight? If so, you might sit down with them and take our new quiz -
Teen Smoking - Good News and Bad News
A new study that is going to be published in the June issue of Pediatrics, 'Physician Communication Regarding Smoking and Adolescent Tobacco Use,' has some good
Teen Smoking Poll
Recent studies have shown that 22 percent of teens smoke. Do your kids smoke?
Teen dies of alcohol poisoning
Teen dies of alcohol poisoning
Teen in Florida dies from Naegleria ameba infection
Teen in Florida dies from Naegleria ameba infection
Teenage Pregnancy Quiz - Enter your Early Pregnancy Symptoms
A screening quiz to see if your teenager has any of the early symptoms of being pregnant.
Teenagers
Learn about your teenager, including common safety, nutrition, puberty and developental issues, plus dealing with school performance problems, acne and other problems.
Teens and Alcohol
Review how you can help to make sure that your kids don't try or abuse alcohol.
Teens and Anabolic Steroids
Learn more about anabolic steroids, which some teens may take to help build up their muscles, but which can have some serious side effects, including bad acne, mood swings, and male breast development.
Teens and Cigarette Smoking - Do Your Kids Smoke?
Almost 1 in 5 teens smoke cigarettes. Although that is a decline from previous years, more needs to be done to decrease the number of teen smokers even more. Does your teen smoke?
Teens and Cigarette Smoking - Do Your Kids Smoke?
Almost 1 in 5 teens smoke cigarettes. Although that is a decline from previous years, more needs to be done to decrease the number of teen smokers even more.
Teens and Drinking Alcohol
Review how to decrease the chances that your teen starts drinking alcohol by setting a good example and encouraging healthy alternatives to alcohol.
Teens and Stress
Whether caused by the loss of a friend or loved one, a recent move, being teased or bullied, difficulties at home, or problems at school, childhood stress can lead to behavioral problems, anxiety, depression, headaches, drug use, and insomnia, among many other symptoms and medical problems.
Teens and Stress
Whether caused by the loss of a friend or loved one, a recent move, being teased or bullied, difficulties at home, or problems at school, childhood stress can
Teens, Cell Phones, and Driving
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for restrictions on the use of cell phones by teens who are learning to drive and other safety initiatives to make our streets safer for teen drivers.
Teens, Cell Phones, and Driving
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is calling for restrictions on the use of cell phones by teens who are learning to drive and other safety
Teething
Parents often think that their baby's are teething when they begin drooling and putting their fingers in their mouth when they are around three or four months old. Review more classic teething symptoms and learn what you should do if you think your baby is teething.
Teething
Review the symptoms of teething, when your baby should start teething, and common treatments to soothe a teething child.
Temper Tantrums
Learn how to prevent and cope with your child's temper tantrums.
Temperament and a Shy Child
Review what to do about a child who is very shy, cautious, apprehensive to try new things, and moves at a very slow pace.
Temperament and a Shy Child
Review what to do about a child who is very shy, cautious, apprehensive to try new things, and moves at a very slow pace.
Temperature of Preschooler's School Lunches
Temperature of Preschooler's School Lunches
Ten Noteworthy Public Health Achievements
With many vaccine-preventable diseases, like measles and whooping cough, trying to make a comeback, routine food recalls, and with accidents continuing to be a
Ten Questions to Ask Your Pediatrician
Consider asking your pediatrician these ten questions from time to time to get the information you need to keep your kids safe, healthy, and developing normally.
Ten Safe Plants For Your Home
Review what safe houseplants you can have in your home so that your kids don't get hurt by eating a poisonous plant.
Ten Tips For Safe Bike Riding
Ten tips to teach your children to encourage safe bike riding.
Ten Tips For Safe Bike Riding
Although it is a simple way to avoid getting hurt, far too many kids don't wear a helmet when riding their bike. In fact, one survey by the National SAFE KIDS
Tendinitis and Ruptured Tendons
A discussion of knee problems in children, including tendinitis, osgood-schlatter disease, plica syndrome, and osteochondritis dissecans.
Terrible Twos
By learning more about the terrible twos, a normal stage in your child's development, it can make it easier to get through it and make sure that you aren't
Terrible Twos Countdown Calculator
Our Terrible Twos Countdown Calculator can help you figure out when your toddler's tantrums and quick mood changes might end.
Terrible Twos and Your Toddler
By learning more about the terrible twos, a normal stage in your child's development, it can make it easier to get through it and make sure that you aren't contributing to more battles than are necessary.
Terror Threat Advisory and Your Kids
My six year old recently told me that he was afraid because the Homeland Security Threat Advisory had been raised to the orange or high level. What should I do about this?
Terror Threat Advisory and Your Kids
Question of the Week. My six year old recently told me that he was afraid because the Homeland Security Threat Advisory had been raised to the organge or high
Tetanus
Tetanus is a vaccine preventable infection that is caused by the Clostridium tetani bacteria. Unvaccinated children can develop symptoms of tetanus about two weeks after getting a wound that is contaminated by tetanus bacteria, leading to painful muscle spasms.
Tetanus
Tetanus is a vaccine preventable infection that is caused by the Clostridium tetani bacteria. Unvaccinated children can develop symptoms of tetanus about two
Texas Milk Recall
Oak Farms Dairy in Texas is conducting a limited, voluntary recall of milk that was distributed in several Texas cities. Products that are part of the milk
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Amputee Ski Trip
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children Amputee Ski Trip