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• How do I choose the right formula for my baby?

  While breast milk is the ideal source of nutrition for babies, there are many occasions when breastfeeding isn’t possible or preferable, and formula can provide an alternative source of nutrition to ensure baby’s healthy growth. If you’ve walked down the aisle of your supermarket and perused all of the different formula options, though, you know it can be quite overwhelming. There’s one for digestive health, one for brain growth, and one for fussiness and gas as well as soy, organic, and non-GMO varieties- the list goes on and on!

• Helpful Hints for Preparing for Your Child's Doctor Visit

  Bethany Mobley, MD

• Naxitamab Added to Induction for Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Neuroblastoma

  A Phase II study of Naxitamab added to induction Therapy for Subjects with Newly Diagnosed High Risk Neuroblastoma

• DFMO as Maintenance Therapy for Molecular High/Very High Risk and Relapsed Medulloblastoma

  Phase II Trial of Eflornithine/DFMO as Maintenance Therapy for Molecular High Risk/Very High Risk and Relapsed/Refractory Medulloblastoma

• Dinutuximab With Chemotherapy, Surgery and Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Children With Newly Diagnosed High Risk Neuroblastoma

  Dinutuximab With Chemotherapy, Surgery and Stem Cell Transplantation for the Treatment of Children With Newly Diagnosed High Risk Neuroblastoma

• Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies Achieves Magnet® Designation

  Learn about the achievements of Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies.

• Marching for hope in the fight against childhood cancer: Ethan’s story

  Ethan was a happy and healthy 13-year-old who loved football and soccer. But about a year-and-a-half ago, Ethan’s parents knew something was not right with him. Ethan began to experience incredible pain in his hip, and so they began the daunting search to try and find answers to what was causing his pain. Life quickly became a flurry of emergency room visits, tests, nurses, doctors, needles, ambulance rides - all while their other kids were still at home. Ethan and his parents were sent to Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children to meet with the pediatric oncology team.

• It’s Time for School Sports, Do Your Kids Sign Up?

  Thinking about getting your kids involved in organized sports, but concerned they don’t have the skills? Or maybe that they’re too young? Not to worry, says the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). In June, the organization released a report recommending that parents enroll their children in organized sports, no matter what their skill level.

• Helping your kids deal with FCAT stress

  About ten years ago, I had the pleasure of working as a counselor at an Orange County public elementary school. The kids were great, and I really enjoyed counseling them and trying to help them through different challenges that they faced. Throughout my time there, I noticed how much things had changed since I was in elementary school. One of the biggest changes I felt was that it seemed that “Spring Fever” had been replaced with “FCAT Fever”.

• Is genetic testing right for my child?

  Angelina Jolie shared publicly last month her decision to have a preventive double mastectomy after genetic testing revealed that, due to a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, she carried an 87% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of developing ovarian cancer. Jolie identifies her mother’s decade-long struggle with ovarian cancer and death from that disease six years ago as one of the primary influences behind her decision.