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Fifty-Five Reasons not to start Smoking!

For Teens ONLY:
Infectious Mononucleosis: What it is and How is it Treated

Information for Parents:
My Child Has a Fever

¿Cuándo necesitan sus vacunas los niños y adolescentes?

10 Warning Signs of Immunodeficiency

Adopting a Child from a foreign country?
Learn about the child's hepatitis B status!

Allergy Tests

American Academy of Pediatrics supports federal funding of human embryo research!

Black or bloody stools in children

Blood Disorder that Devastates Young Children

Bone Marrow Aspiration And Biopsy

Braving the Elements

Childhood lead poisoning prevention

Dots Under the Skin Can Be Worrisome

Early treatment vital for sickle cell

FDA Urges Parents to avoid certain cold medications

Food Allergy Myths

Frequently Asked Questions about Tick-borne diseases

Give these people the flu vaccine!

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome - a dangerous complication of an E-Coli infection

Henoch-Schonlein purpura

Herbal Medicine and Your Child

Illnesses Caused by the bite of a Tick

Inmunizaciónes para Bebés

Is Your Child at Risk for Lead Poisoning

Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Mother Nurture: Your family's first line of defense

Myocarditis

Nosebleeds

Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine:
What Parents Need to Know

Pollen, Pollen everywhere: Ragweed season starts!

Psoriasis in Children

Questions and answers about Anaphylaxis

Recognizing Asthma Signs and Symptoms

Saving Lives Involves International Teamwork

Saving Your Baby's
Umbilical Cord Blood

Seize the Day!
The Importance of Vitamin C

Severe Allergies in the Classroom

Should Parents be worried about Bioterrorism?

Signs of Childhood Cancer

Talking to Your Kids About HIV/AIDS

Testing the Newborn for Metabolic Birth Defects

The dangers of Iron deficiency anemia in Toddlers

Toxic Shock Syndrome

Toxic Shock Syndrome: Reducing the Risks

Tuberculosis is Back!

Untreated Anemia can Stunt a Child's Growth

What is Cyanosis

What Is Erythema Multiforme?

What is Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

What is the Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria and what diseases does it cause

What is the Spleen and what does it do?

What Parents Should Know about Ecstasy

What Parents Should know about Monkeypox

When do Babies need Immunizations

When Infected Kids Play Sports: How much should parents worry?

When should lumps be removed?

When to worry about nosebleeds

Why steroids are the new teen drug

Health Information from our Experts

My child developed a strange rash over her face after a night of coughing. I took her to our pediatrician who said they were "blood spots." She also used another name for the rash that I cannot remember. Is this serious? ...

My 13-year-old son is worried that he is not normal. All of his friends are growing taller while he has stayed the same height for years. He still has not developed any facial, pubic, or underarm hair. Should we take him to our pediatrician? ...

My son has a soft lump behind his knee so we took him to his doctor. She said he had a Baker’s Cyst and said it was nothing to worry about. Can you give me more information about it?...

My nine month old son came down with Chicken Pox 19 days after being exposed. Four days prior to his break-out we were at a friend's home who has a four month old baby. Although the baby was not home during our visit, my son did play with one of the littl...

My son who just turned six months old appears to be getting thrush repeatedly. He was first placed on Biaxin & then Gentian Violet & at last Diflucan. This has been a very costly and unsuccessful string of remedies. The Biaxin didn't work at all the Gent...

When my baby was born, the pediatrician was worried that she might have jaundice from an ABO blood problem. Can you explain what that is?...

Our Grandson was born two weeks early. He is currently being treated for an illness that has to do with bilirubin His blood is being checked daily and he is currently under a special light aty home. His last rating was 19. Could you please explain what i...

An abandoned infant, now 3 months old, reared in an adoption home, is clinically normal but has a Hb of 8.7g%.No birth history is available but other milestones are normal. Child is exclusively bottlefed. Is this explainable by lack of individual care an...

I have recently found two small (pea-sized) lumps on the back of my 15-month-old daughter's neck, near where the neck meets the head. Could gland or lymph nodes be located this far back? Or could it be something else?...

I am a mother-to-be who has Hepatitis C. I have received confliciting information as to whether I can breast feed my newborn. I have no symptoms and am otherwise healthy. Any thoughts/suggestions/assistance? ...

I've read your section on lead and still have a few questions. Our 12 month old just had her well baby check and we were told that she was looking just great, healthy and developing normally. (She's speaking 4-6 words and is "cruising" like crazy.) Havi...

My baby is constipated. Should I switch from an iron-fortified formula to a low-iron formula? ...

I live in Ciaro Egypt and the pediatrician I have been using has recommended another dose of the polio vacinine. Due the the occurance here. My 28 month old daughter is uptodate till 4. Will the extra dose affect here immunization sch.? What is your advice...

I would like to know more about the triple test for birth defects done around 16 weeks of gestation. ...

We are expecting a new addition to our family in a few days and would like to know your position(s) on the storage of the umbilical blood...

My son is three years old and has a severe case of chapped, very red lips. He is beginning to form blisters as well, on the skin around his lips. What should I do, and should I take him to see someone? Should I be very concerned about him? ...

I have a child who is 23mths old. He is around thirty inches tall and weighs 22lbs. He is perfectly healthy and a very active little boy. He has a good appetite and is very smart. Our childs pediatrician diagnosed him with failure to thrive before he was o...

My 5 year old son has been hospitalized 7 times with pneumonia. He just got out of the hospital last week after a 10 day stay. They tried rocefin, ceftin, and biaxin but he kept getting worse. They finally gave him levaquin and he got better. I know that l...

I just switched my 2 months old baby from brest to bottle feeding. I tried everything low Iron formula and Iron Formula and switched from brand to brand, he is constipated. Now I give him Similac low Iron, but I am concerned about his Iron intake. My pedia...

My 11-year old son has a SED rate of 65, which is high. He is really not sick, but has knee pain. He had the following blood tests done: ANA, B-12, RA factor and they all came back normal. What willl cause the sedimentation rate to be so high? What is wron...

ANEMIA My two and half year old son has a hemoglobin of 10%, is a poor eater, slinny, weights 11.5kg. He also turns blue when he is crying, then becomes quiet and weak. Does he require medication to help him eat?...

My grandchild bruises very easily. She even has marks down the middle of their back as if caused by her own vertabrae. Could this be a sign of a greater problem? ...

My 3 year old little girl has a bruise on her arm. The bruise has been there for about a month. Could there be anything wrong, and should it take a bruise this long to heal? ...

My daughter bruises very easily, it has come to the point that not only has child protective services taken a look at her, (which by the way the case was closed), now her school is questioning us. We have taken her three times for blood tests are...

I am a mother of two yera old boy. My mother has psoriasis. Till the age of 23, I did not have any skin ailment. But after that I was also diagnised as having psoriasis. What I want to know is whether my child will also have the problem sooner or later in ...

My 3-year-old daughter has bruises all over her legs. I have asked our pediatrician about this at every visit since she was 1. She plays a little rough, but I am afraid that she has a thyroid problem or is anemic. She has a pale color all of the time. In A...

Dear Doctors, I am new to the site and just wrote a question about my sons lymphatic lump on his groin area. I read the articles you put in the other questions and am appreciative of the information. Thank you. My question is does leukemia run in the famil...