Health Tips for the New Year THE NEW YEAR BRINGS A TIME TO REASSESS HEALTH HABITS. New Year’s goals and resolutions are often focused on weight loss o…
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Holiday Health and Safety
Keeping Healthy and Safe During the Holidays During this year’s holidays, many families are looking forward to celebrating a closer-to-normal season. …
How to Talk to Your Child About Illness
How to Talk to Your Child About Illness By Lindsey Pruett-Hornbaker, MA for PBS Kids When Jose Nolivos’ son Mateo was five years old, he…
Monkeypox
Monkeypox Below are answers from American Academy of Pediatrics’ experts on some of the most frequently asked questions about how to prevent, r…
Anaphylaxis
Anaphylaxis: Causes, prevention, and treatment BY THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS Anaphylaxis is a serious allergic reaction. It comes on qu…
What Women Need to Know About Stroke Risks
What Women Need to Know About Stroke Risks It may not be widely known that women face unique risk factors for stroke throughout their lifetime. Things…
Weaning
Weaning Ancient Hebrews completed weaning at about three years. Most children in traditional societies are completely weaned between two and four year…
Promoting Healthy Sleep
SCREEN TIME VS. DREAM TIME Promoting Healthy Sleep Before the onset of the pandemic, parents were grappling with the effects of screen time on …
How to Talk to Your Child About Their Positive COVID-19 Results
How to Talk to Your Child About Their Positive COVID-19 Results BY AMANDA SUPLEE, Ph.D. & HAILEY NELSON, M.D., FAAP FOR THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF P…
Beat Heart Disease
Beat Heart Disease “Do one thing a day, and by the end of the month, you—and your family—will have a healthier heart,” says cardiologist Suzanne Stein…