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Health Tip: Choosing a Pediatrician

Health Tip: Choosing a Pediatrician

Latest Healthy Kids News (HealthDay News) — Pediatricians are specially trained to treat children from birth through adolescence and into the patient’s young adult years, says the American Academy of Family Physicians. To find a qualified pediatrician for your child, the American Academy of Pediatrics and HealthChildren.org can supply names of board-certified physicians in your […]

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Is Timing Everything for SIDS Risk?

Is Timing Everything for SIDS Risk?

Latest Healthy Kids News By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2019 (HealthDay News) — New research suggests that a baby’s age may offer clues to sudden unexplained infant death (SUID) — formerly known as SIDS. The study identified two unique groups of babies who died from SUID — one who died within a week […]

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Health Tip: Home Remedies for Nightmares

Health Tip: Home Remedies for Nightmares

Latest Healthy Kids News (HealthDay News) — Nightmares are scary, disturbing dreams that are especially common in children. Episodes are usually short, but they can cause you to wake up in the middle of the night and make sleeping difficult, says Mayo Clinic. If nightmares are a problem for you or your child, Mayo Clinic […]

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Smallest Tots Spending Too Much Time on Screens

Smallest Tots Spending Too Much Time on Screens

Latest Healthy Kids News By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Nov. 25, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Even infants are now watching screens, and as they grow so does the time they spend doing it, two new studies show. In fact, watching TVs, computers, smartphones, tablets or electronic games occupies about an hour a day of an […]

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AHA News: Serious Heart Defects Increase Heart Failure Risk in Early Adulthood

AHA News: Serious Heart Defects Increase Heart Failure Risk in Early Adulthood

Latest Healthy Kids News FRIDAY, Nov. 22, 2019 (American Heart Association News) — Babies born with serious heart defects are surviving to adulthood in greater numbers, but new research shows they face another hurdle when they get there: heart failure. The study found children born with the most critical heart problems were 30 times more […]