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Injuries from nursery products are on the rise. Find out how to keep your baby safe.
I remember a time nearly 8 years ago when I was preparing for the birth of my first child and a friend gave me a sleep wedge as a gift. I’d never heard of a sleep wedge, but she said a friend told her it was a lifesaver for getting a baby to sleep.
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5 Important Reasons to Vaccinate Your Child
August is National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM). As pediatricians, we would like parents and caregivers to understand all of the health benefits vaccines offer for their children. As parents and caregivers, we want the best possible healthy start in life for our babies. We buckle our babies into car seats, make sure they are eating healthy diets appropriate for their age, and baby-proof their surroundings from any potential dangers. We all want to keep our children safe and healthy. An important way to give your children the healthiest start in life is to make sure they receive all of their vaccinations as recommended by your pediatrician or family physician.
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Help Your Child and Teen Lower Their Risk of Prediabetes
When we think about diabetes, we often picture it affecting an adult. And if the disease affects a child, we assume it is type 1 diabetes. But that’s changing. More children and teens are developing type 2 diabetes, and its precursor, prediabetes. A study from 2012 found 23 percent of teens had diabetes or prediabetes, which was an increase from 9 percent in just 10 years. Those are concerning statistics, and researchers believe that the increase is due to more children being obese and overweight.
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Learn How You Can Keep a Child From Dying in a Hot Car
One of the greatest threats to your child’s health may be sitting in your driveway, and a life-threatening accident can occur in the blink of an eye. It’s not something we want to think about, but as parents we must think about the risk in order to prevent it from happening in our families.
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Pet turtles can make your kids really sick. Here’s how.
My kids have asked me on numerous occasions if we could get a pet turtle. We’ve found tiny turtles scurrying in the grass near the lake, big ones wandering alone in the park or sweet little creatures in the tank at pet stores. My kids wouldn’t care where they came from, but they want one, badly. I’ve said no every single time.
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How to help kids at every age through the back-to-school transition
Reality has hit- school is back in session. This can be both an exciting and welcomed time for parents and children yet also a time of stress and, if we are honest, panic and confusion, too.
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What is a Level One Trauma Center and why does it matter to your family?
Level One Trauma Center criteria vary somewhat from state to state, but commonly include these elements, according to the American Trauma Society:
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What difference can a social worker make in your child's hospital stay?
Valerie Dorsainvil, LCSW has been a Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Social Worker at Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies since 2016. Here, she answers some questions about what that means for the families of patients going through long-term treatments at the hospitals.
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Pediatricians should assess whether teens suffer from depression
One in 5 teens is depressed, and many don’t get the help they need. Find out what your pediatrician can do to make sure your teen is healthy physically, mentally and emotionally.
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Teens are juuling at school and parents are clueless about it
Have you heard your teen mention “juuling” or something called a “Juul”? Perhaps you thought it was some new slang term your
