Boy Scout camps promise a great time for kids. Before the fun begins, however, there are some required health and safety measures. Boy Scout camp physicals are a required part of summer or winter camping, or events longer than 72 hours. For AZ camp physicals, parents should contact a Happy Valley pediatrician to conduct their Boy Scout camp physicals. The Boy Scouts ask for these [...]
Caring for sick children is a huge responsibility. Parents and other caregivers can often wind up stressed out, burned out, and overwhelmed during the course of caring for sick children. If this happens, North Phoenix pediatricians may recommend that caregivers attend support groups for parents with sick children. A Common Understanding Support groups put parents in touch with others who are caring for sick children. [...]
Pediatricians in Phoenix, Arizona, are bound by similar reporting laws as most pediatric doctors across the United States. While these pediatric doctors routinely see sick children in their offices, they may also see children who are victims of abuse or neglect, or children whose health concerns may be part of a wider, serious threat to public health and safety. Reporting laws exist to benefit public [...]
Every parent wants to avoid having sick kids, but there are some families who are not taking every step toward keeping children safe from preventable illnesses. Child immunizations are a very important part of childhood health and fewer child immunizations means more sick kids. Both preventable illnesses and preventable deaths have been caused by a lack of child immunizations. The website www.antivaccinebodycount.com tabulates data from [...]
For student athletes in Phoenix, sports physicals are a standard part of joining a team or playing a new sport. School sports physicals determine if students are fit to participate in athletics. Even if they are not required by the school, Phoenix pediatrics practitioners recommend school sports physicals to students who will be participating in athletics during the school year. School sports physicals done in [...]
There is no doubt that sick kids need to see a doctor, but how do you know what type of doctor your child should see? There is no set time to transition children from a North Phoenix pediatrics clinic to a general practitioner. Ultimately, it is a family decision. Many pediatric doctors will see clients from birth up to age 18. Some people choose to [...]
There are a reasons why children seem to get sick more often than healthy adults, and it’s one motivation for parents to stay on top of well child checks and school shots. One reason kids become ill is the fact that they are in direct contact with other kids more often, and share germs easily. Another reason, in getting sick, children's immune systems develop antibodies [...]
Pediatricians in Phoenix are touting the benefits of breastfeeding for many reasons. It’s cost effective, and can be easier and more convenient than formula. It can lower the mother’s risk of type 2 diabetes and some women’s cancers. But, as any Phoenix pediatrics practitioner will tell you, there are enormous benefits to the baby’s health as well. Breast feeding is not always easy at first, [...]
With childhood obesity and diabetes on the rise, many more families are searching for healthy snacks for their kids. Snacks are one way that saturated fats, sugars, and refined carbohydrates tend to sneak into kids’ diets. Limiting them is one way to cut down on caring for sick children, or going to the doctor for pediatrics care in time of illness. Glendale pediatrics doctors and [...]
You know the scenario well: it’s time for your child’s physical, or school immunizations, or your children are sick. You sit in the waiting area going over the questions that you want to ask the family physician in Phoenix. But by the time the appointment is over, once again you’ve forgotten to ask those questions you’ve always meant to ask your family physician in Phoenix. [...]
