Vaccination Guide For Parents
Below is a suggested list of vaccinations for children. Be sure to follow the dates and guidelines directed by your healthcare provider. Many times, these vaccines are combined to minimize …
Category: Pediatrics
The Rights of Children & Adolescents
Although the age of majority in the health care setting is eighteen (18) years, children and adolescents are guaranteed certain rights in the health care setting even though they are …
Treating Head Lice
The start of a new school year can be an exciting time for children, but it is also the time when problems with head lice begin. According to the CDC, …
Your Child’s Healthcare at School
Chronic illnesses, such as ongoing or reoccurring conditions like asthma, allergies, diabetes or epilepsy, affect at least 10-15 percent of American children. If your school-age child has a chronic illness, …
When Bottle Feeding Your Infant is Best
Breastfeeding is the ideal way to feed a newborn, but many women either choose not to do so for personal reasons or must bottle-feed because of health-related issues such as …
Taking Your Child’s Temperature
The human body is designed to keep its temperature within a normal range. Sweating is one of your body’s many safety features. Perspiration helps to keep your temperature within normal …
Packing Nutritious School Lunches
Children see one food ad for every 5 minutes of cartoons they watch on Saturday mornings. Since few of these ads are for fruits and vegetables and children watch about …
Newborn’s & Mother’s Health Protection Act
Group health plans and health insurance issuers generally may not, under federal law, restrict benefits for any hospital length of stay in connection with childbirth for the mother or newborn …
My Child Has Pink Eye
Pink eye, or conjunctivitis, is a common problem, especially in school children. It happens when the conjunctiva – a thin, clear covering over the white part of the eye that …
Know the Signs of Child Abuse
Identifying and reporting child abuse is perhaps one of the most difficult things a nurse has to do. All states have statutes that identify mandatory reporters of child abuse, and …
Girls & Puberty
Puberty signals a time for growth and change in your body – from girl to young woman. It also prepares your body for having babies. Not all girls experience puberty …
An Autistic Child Doesn’t Mean Parents Will Divorce
Study debunks conventional wisdom about couples split by condition-related stress WEDNESDAY, May 19 (HealthDay News) — It’s been conventional thinking in the autism community for years: If you’re the parents …
Potty Training Your Toddler
If your child is between 2 and 3 years old, it may be time to start teaching him or her how to use the toilet. Before you start this important …
Saving Your Baby’s Umbilical Cord Blood
Cord blood is the blood that remains in the umbilical cord and placenta immediately following birth. Cord blood stem cells have the ability to treat the same diseases as bone …