It seems that every few days, there is another case of food allergy-related injury or death in the news. In most of these cases, unsuspecting children ingest food without realizing a dangerous allergen lurks within it, only to end up in the hospital or worse shortly thereafter. It’s enough to scare a parent into watching everything their child puts into their mouth! While you might [...]
In recent years, there have been multiple movements against immunization in the United States. Some believe that they cause long-term medical complications. Others believe that they are dangerous or ineffective. All of these schools of thought have one thing in common: they are all incorrect. The Value of Vaccines Vaccinations were originally created as a safe way to expose the human body to a pathogen [...]
Finding underarm hair on your third grader can be confusing, and parents often don’t have answers when their thirteen your old asks when they should start puberty. While there are age parameters of when children should be starting puberty, most parents are surprised to find out that the earliest and latest ages to begin pubescence is younger and older than most assume. What’s Normal? For [...]
It is easy to feel helpless when your child comes down with a cold. The sneezing, coughing, fever, chills - the symptoms may vary from child to child, but the discomfort and frustration are universal. While there is still no cure for the common cold in children or adults, there are ways you can help your child feel better - and keep them from getting [...]
