Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an alert recommending parents and caregivers not to use pillows to shape infants’ heads, as they can create an unsafe sleeping environment for infants and may increase the risk of suffocation and death. According to the FDA, pillows have not has been shown to be safe or …
As a parent and caregiver, you play an important role in making healthy choices for your children and teaching them to make healthy choices for themselves. With so many conflicting messages surrounding nutrition, it can seem like an overwhelming task. Venus Kalami, MNSP, RD, CSP, clinical pediatric dietitian and nutritionist at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, …
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International License. Children and teens who survive a firearm injury have a high rate of developing new mental health diagnoses within a year, even compared to children who were injured in a car accident, according to researches. A total of 35% …
Do we care about children in America? Will the president? This is a question that people across the country should seriously ask themselves. The country has been struggling with a shortage of infant formula for nearly a year. What kind of society allows this to continue in the shadows? How is this not a hot …
Maureen Ciedro’s children were enrolled in CHIP – Children’s Health Insurance Program of Pennsylvania – in the 1990s when she was a cash-strapped single mother. But even many years later, she still remembers the peace of mind the program gave her, knowing that her children had health insurance if anything were to happen. “When you’re …
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The COVID-19 pandemic has sent Heidi Whitney’s daughter into a tailspin. Suddenly, the San Diego middle schooler was sleeping all day and waking up all night. When in-person classes resumed, she was sometimes so anxious that she begged to come home early, telling the nurse she had a stomach ache. Whitney tried to keep her …
Comment this story Comment People looking for over-the-counter medications for their sick children often find shelves sparse or empty as a spike in respiratory illness pushes pediatricians and emergency rooms to their limits. Usual supplies of fever and pain medications, such as liquid acetaminophen and ibuprofen recommended for children with RSV, influenza or coronavirus, have …
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The Mary Hill Youth and Family Center building has long stood at a crossroads overlooking this rural Appalachian town, but its purpose has evolved. For 65 years, residents of Nelsonville and the hills of southeastern Ohio have traveled to the hilltop hospital for treatment. Then, in 2014, the 15-bed hospital, often without patients, closed. Later, …
Jasmine Matthews remembers that ultrasound when she was four months pregnant. “They keep scanning the (baby’s) heart,” she said, but doctors were struggling to make a definitive diagnosis. A follow-up ultrasound showed the arteries in the baby’s heart were in the wrong position, a condition known as transposition of the great arteries. Without surgery, the …
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The number of emergency department visits to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has more than doubled since 2015, and COVID-19 has only exacerbated the need for care. Behavioral health care, which includes mental health care, is particularly needed, said the first chief of children’s behavioral and mental health, Dr. John Constantino. The mental health crisis has …
