kids health

  1. Child Development & Health

    Does my child need tonsil and adenoid surgery?

    By Maria Mora on Sep 20, 2012
    Discover common symptoms that may be warning signs that your child would benefit from tonsil removal or the removal of both the...
  2. Children's Diseases & Illnesses

    ADHD: Homeopathic solutions for attention deficit disorder

    By Dr. Scott Saunders on Sep 18, 2012
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    Over the past few years, attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have become hot topics...
  3. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Mom story: I’m in a band with my twin daughters

    By Julie Weingarden Dubin on Sep 7, 2012
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    When two generations of identical twins, (Mollie and Jackie, and Mollie and Jackie), formed the band MJ2 and signed a recording...
  4. Children's Health

    10 Tips to ease back to school anxiety

    By Michele Borboa, MS on Aug 22, 2012
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    Did you know that anxiety issues are the most common mental health disorders in children? There are an estimated 18 million children...
  5. Parenting How-to

    How to ease your child's back-to-school anxiety

    By Kori Ellis on Jul 31, 2012
    Many children really look forward to the first day of school, but some dread it. Whether your child is starting kindergarten or high...
  6. School Tips for Moms

    Encouraging healthy behaviors at school

    By Kori Ellis on Jul 30, 2012
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    Keep your kids as healthy as possible by encouraging behaviors at school that cut down on the spread of germs, as well as those...
  7. School Tips for Moms

    Healthy classroom gifts

    By Kori Ellis on Jul 30, 2012
    With increasingly tight school budgets, many teachers have to use their own money on classroom supplies. At the start of the school...
  8. School Tips for Moms

    Starting healthy habits at home

    By Kori Ellis on Jul 30, 2012
    Keep your children healthy at school by starting healthy habits at home. Make healthy practices part of your regular family routine...
  9. School Tips for Moms

    Ways to keep students healthy

    By Kori Ellis on Jul 30, 2012
    It's back-to-school time. Unfortunately, with the start of the school year often comes the onset of contagious illnesses --...
  10. Child Development & Health

    The truth about sandbox sand: Is yours safe?

    By Michelle Maffei on Jul 26, 2012
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    The play sand you picked up from your local store may be meant for your kids' sandbox, but it doesn't guarantee that it's safe for...
  11. Child Development & Health

    Your need-to-know guide about bladder infections in girls

    By Maria Mora on Jul 11, 2012
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    Urinary tract infections or bladder infections can be common in young girls, especially those who are still learning good toilet...
  12. Special Needs

    Autism 101: The good, the bad and the ugly

    By Allison Ziering Walmark on Jul 9, 2012
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    America. Land of the free. Home of the brave. And sometimes, land of the sometimes offensive and not-so-useful questions. (Not to...
  13. Child Development & Health

    Your child's severe food allergy

    By Monica Beyer on Jul 3, 2012
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    Your child has been diagnosed with an allergy that can be life-threatening, so you were prescribed an epinephrine auto-injector....
  14. Child Development & Health

    Prep your medicine cabinet for summer

    By Nichole Beaudry on Jun 27, 2012
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    With summer fun come bumps, bruises, scrapes, itchy rashes, bee stings, sunburns and cuts. Now’s the perfect time to peek inside...
  15. School Age Kids

    Kids, drink up!

    By Nichole Beaudry on Jun 22, 2012
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    Summertime is great for outside fun, but our kids are among those who are most susceptible to heat-related deaths and illnesses....
  16. First baby care

    Brush up on your math to prevent medication misuse

    By Tiernan McKay on Jun 21, 2012
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    If math isn’t your strong suit, you’re definitely not alone. Many a parent has been caught counting on their fingers or questioning...
  17. Super Mom Tips

    Beware: Summer is dangerous for children

    By Mary Fetzer on Jun 19, 2012
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    June is Home Safety Month and the start of summer vacation. Summer brings surprising dangers for children of all ages... is your...
  18. Child Development & Health

    Cope with your child's summer allergies on the cheap

    By Michelle Maffei on Jun 15, 2012
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    You shouldn't have to choose between saving money and giving your youngster relief from summer allergies. But, with the right...
  19. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Mom story: My son has Niemann-Pick disease

    By Julie Weingarden Dubin on Jun 14, 2012
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    Darrile and her husband Mark knew their newborn son Dillon had health problems almost immediately — he had jaundice for three weeks...
  20. Conditions

    Childhood stress could be linked to skin cancer risk

    By Patricia Conte on Jun 5, 2012
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    Can what happens to you as a child affect your immune system and the ability to fight off cancer as an adult? According to...
  21. Parenting Advice & Columns

    Parenting Guru: When kids “catch” stress

    By Julie Weingarden Dubin on May 29, 2012
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    David Code, Episcopal minister, father of two and author of Kids Pick Up on Everything: How Parental Stress is Toxic to Kids ,...