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How To Prevent Your Child from Becoming Dehydrated

It’s not just vigorous activity in the heat that can cause your child to become dehydrated. Cold and flu season could also put your child at risk -- and it can happen faster than you might think.

Red Dye No. 3: Understanding the Danger to Kids

Why Feeding Your Baby Peanuts Sooner May Prevent Allergies

Over the past couple of decades, recommendations for introducing peanuts to children have shifted dramatically. After recommendations in 2000 were made to delay introduction to high-risk infants until age 3, peanut and other food allergies have continued to increase significantly. 

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Is It Croup or Whooping Cough?

It can be frightening to hear your child coughing or struggling to breathe. Both croup and whooping cough can cause these symptoms, but one of these childhood illnesses is much more serious than the other. Determining the cause can be confusing, and waiting too long to seek medical care can cause additional complications.

Tolulope Adesola Adebanjo, MD

Dr. Tolulope Adebanjo is a board-certified pediatrician at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. As a hospitalist, she sees pediatric patients in the hospital and coordinates their care with specialty physicians.

Teri Jackson, APRN

A graduate of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Teri discovered her love for pediatric gastroenterology at the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Division. She worked in general pediatrics until returning to pediatric gastroenterology. She is an active member of several industry organizations including NAPNAP, AANP and APGNN.

Nicole Mary Lucchesi, APRN

Nicole Lucchesi, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, is a pediatric cardiac surgery nurse practitioner with Orlando Health Children's Heart Institute. She specializes in pediatric cardiothoracic surgery and provides assessment, treatment, and education for pediatric patients with chronic cardiac congenital conditions. She has a special interest in patient and family pre- and post-operative education.

Nicole Slone, MD

Dr. Nicole Slone is a double-board-certified pediatric critical care physician with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children. She cares for seriously ill infants and children, including those with injuries from traumatic accidents, respiratory failure, septic shock, neurological emergencies and after complex surgeries. Her areas of expertise include:

Nicole Armstrong Demoraes, MD

Dr. Nicole Armstrong Demoraes is a board-certified pediatrician with Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Primary Care Pediatrics. She has experience in: