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  • What we do now may affect our future children’s genetics

    We are all aware that mothers who smoke while they are pregnant run a higher risk of having children who are premature, smaller than they should be, or stillborn. This is likely due to reduced oxygen supply to the baby through mom’s diseased body and to toxins shared by mom with baby. We also know that children who are exposed to second-hand smoke have a higher risk of developing respiratory diseases like asthma, chronic lung disease and even cancer due to direct lung damage from inhaled smoke.

    What you do with your body early in life can affect future generations

    But recent data suggests that a father’s behavior even years prior to conception may affect the health of his children and future generations. For example, early paternal smoking has been associated with increased body mass in children. Paternal alcoholism has been associated with smaller birth weights in babies, and hyperactivity in children. Most recently, smoking even early in life has been found to be associated with an increased risk of certain forms of asthma in a man’s children. A study which was recently presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress looked at 13,000 men and women and found that non-allergic asthma was significantly more common in children whose fathers smoked before the age of 15. In addition, the longer the father smoked, the higher the risk of his child having this kind of asthma. Interestingly, the same link was not found in children whose mothers smoked before they conceived.

  • If you have a child with a congenital heart defect, here’s what you should expect from your pediatrician

    Parents of a child with a chronic illness can expect to attend numerous doctor’s appointments throughout their child’s formative years. You have specialists and consultants and surgeons and therapists; it can become a full-time job keeping up with this complex web of moving parts.

  • Car Seat Assistance

    Three out of four car seats are used incorrectly. Is yours? Join in a FREE car seat checkpoint and learn how to properly install your child restraint. We have certified child passenger safety technicians available to assist.

  • Arnold Palmer Invitational- March 5-8, 2020

    Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard is a proud supporter of Arnie’s Army Charitable Foundation. Arnie’s Army is marching toward a better tomorrow. We believe it is our mission to invest in the health, well-being and development of children and youth. We believe that Arnie’s Army is united behind something stronger than ourselves. These “beliefs” are core to the foundational fabric of Arnie’s Army. 

  • Pediatric Specialties

    We offer a full range of services and specialties to meet the needs of children, from infancy through adulthood.

  • Children's Services and Community Engagement

    Hospitalization can be a frightening experience for a child and a challenging event for a family. For this reason, Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children offers services designed to support the “whole child” — body, mind and spirit — by addressing each patient’s emotional, developmental, social and educational needs.

  • Music Therapy

    Music is a universal language that can offer healing effects. In fact, music therapy is a research-based profession that benefits the emotional, social, psychological and physical needs of hospitalized patients. Music can help kids manage stress, alleviate pain, express feelings, enhance memory and improve communication while promoting general wellness and healing.

  • Orlando Health Hurricane Irma Update

    Last update: September 11, 2017 – 2:30 p.m.

  • Diagnosis & Treatments for an Omphalocele

  • Why your teenager’s friendships are more important than you realize

    Adolescence is often panned in parenting circles as a season of child-rearing that is fraught with challenges and frustration. Gone is the child you thought you knew, and in his place stands an awkward, often unhappy stranger who understands himself and his own motivations about as well as you do, which is to say hardly at all.