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What Parents Need to Know About Cleft Palate Repair
Cleft lip and cleft palate are anomalies of the mouth and lip where the sides of the lip and the roof of the mouth do not fuse together as they should.
Understanding Your Autistic Child
A most important initial step to understanding your autistic child is by obtaining the best comprehensive evaluation, identifying the child’s strengths and weaknesses, having questions answered, and developing a plan for intervention.
Kids and Electronic Health Records
An electronic health record (EHR) is a computerized collection of a patient's health records. It includes information such as age, health history, and more.
Kids and the Immune System
Our immune system is a series of cells, tissues and organs that protects us from invading pathogens and keeps us healthy and able to resist infections.
Kids and Ear Infections
An ear infection is an acute inflammation of the middle ear caused by fluid and bacteria behind the eardrum. These ear infections cause a great deal of pain.
Kids and Healthy Hearts
People who don't have heart problems as kids may develop them as adults. One risk factor is obesity. Physical activity is an easy way to get healthy hearts.
Kids and Autism
Autism spectrum disorders are typically diagnosed in toddlers or young children based on certain behavioral patterns; there is no medical diagnostic test.
Crawling, Walking and Hip Disorders
Orthopaedics is the field of medicine that diagnoses and treats conditions of the musculoskeletal system, including bones, joints, muscles, tendons and ligaments.
Kids and Cancer: Pediatric Cancer Facts & Treatments
Children’s cancers are very different from adult cancers and must be treated with specific pediatric cancer protocols.
Kids and Bedwetting
Bedwetting occurs more frequently in boys than in girls, and the problem usually stops once the child is motivated and ready to work on staying dry.
Kids and PICS
Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) encompasses the physical, cognitive and mental health issues affecting survivors of critical illness.
Kids and Asthma
Asthma can be hard to diagnose in a young child and the symptoms can be mistaken for another illness. Children with asthma often have other conditions.
Kids and Hormones
Every little boy and girl grows up and goes through the stage of life called puberty. Hormones are responsible for many of the changes that they go through.
Kids and Spine Issues
Scoliosis is a medical condition in which the spine is curved in either an "s" or "c" shape. If caught early, it can be treated with a bracing program.
Kids and Heart Surgery
In the newborn population, there are many heart conditions that may need surgery. Many of these heart surgeries are new at least in the past 10 to 20 years.
Fighting the Flu
When late fall rolls around, the flu usually rolls in with it. A cough, a high fever and sore throat are early signs of influenza.
Teens and Caffeine
Caffeine, which has been purported to increase energy and also acts as a mild stimulant, can be found in many foods and drinks, including coffee.
Kids and Common Sports Injuries
One of the most common sports injuries in children is from chronic repetitive stress. It is usually at the elbow, the wrist, the ankle, the knee or the foot.
Teens and Drugs
Prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse by teens is the fastest-growing drug problem in the U.S. One of the most commonly abused drugs is oxycodone.
Kids and Snoring
When your child snores a condition called sleep apnea may be the reason. There are two types, central and obstructive. Obstructive is a greater concern.
Exams at Birth
Moments after a baby is born a brief exam is conducted. The thorough exam checks the baby's head, eyes, ears, mouth, heart and hips.
Febrile Seizures: What Parents Need to Know
Seeing your child experience a febrile seizure can be scary, but unless they go on for five minutes or longer, they may not be life-threatening.
Kids and Broken Bones
Young wrists, forearms and elbows are vulnerable to injury. Few kids grow up without breaking a bone. Prompt, expert care of fractures is necessary.
Kids and Emergency Care
Children require special treatment, not just for their size, but also the equipment needed to treat their conditions with regards to emergency care.
Kids and Concussions: Learn How to Play it Safe
The word concussion comes from the Latin word to shake violently. A lot of times, people may hit their head and don’t realize it was a concussion.
