Articles

Heat Related Illnesses in Children

"My Child Needs a Spinal Tap"

Information for Parents:
My Child Has a Fever

10 Family Guidelines for Living
with a hyperactive child

5 -Year Developmental Checklist

A Childhood Killer Once Vanquished Is Returning

A New medication for the treatment of ADHD

A Parent's Guide to Kids' Vaccines

A Quick Guide to Four Disabilities

ADHD and Your School-Aged Child

American Academy of Pediatrics releases new guidelines for diagnosis of ADHD

Answers to questions about ADD/ADHD

Anxiety Disorders in Children

Are Speech and Language Problems Holding Your Child Back?

Articles on Meningitis

Asperger's syndrome:What is it and what do you do about it?

Attention Deficit Disorder (Short Attention Span)

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptom Checklist

Autism -- Act Early To Make a Difference

Autism remians a Medical Mystery

Autism Screening Checklist

Bad Information Can Be Deadly

Bell's Palsy and its Effects

Beware of Ticks … ... & Lyme Disease

Bike and Helmet Safety

Birthmark Basics: Cafe Au Lait Spots

Birthmark Basics: Hemangioma

Birthmark Basics: Port Wine Stain

Books for KIDS about ADHD

Books for Parents and Kids about ADHD

Brain Awareness Week March 10 - 16

Brain Damage Rarely Results, but Parents Need to Pay Careful Attention to a Range of Symptoms

Brain, Liver under attack in Reye's Syndrome

Braving the Elements

Check the facts on Meningococcal Disease

Chickenpox vaccine may prevent shingles

Childhood Fainting Rarely Cause for Alarm

Childhood Seizures

Common Characteristics of Learning Disabilities

Complications of Chickenpox

Concussion in Sports

Cool Tips for Beating the Heat

Deal Calmly with Anxiety Attacks

Diabetes Insipidus and Diabetes Mellitus
A Comparison

Diagnostic Guidelines for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Do Migraine Headaches Occur in Children?

Do you already have a hearing loss?

Does Diet cause Hyperactivity?

Does my child have A D D ?

Does my child of ADHD?

Eastern Equine Encephalitis

Excessive Drooling
Causes and Treatment

Experts Offer Free Advice About Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

Experts worry about increase in West Nile Virsu Cases

Exposure to Meningitis: Who Needs Treatment?

Facts about Autism

Fainting (Syncopal) attacks in children

FDA Urges Parents to avoid certain cold medications

Five Important Reasons to Immunize Your Child

Football Gear Safety Tips

Frequently Asked Questions - Mosquito-borne Diseases

Getting the Lead Out

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Hearing Damage from Noisy Toys

How a Child's Brain Develops

How is meningitis spread?

How Much Do you know about Ritalin

Hyperactivity and Attention-Deficit Disorder

Hypoglycemia (Low Blood Sugar) in Children

Illnesses Caused by the bite of a Tick

Influenza (The Flu)

Inhalant Abuse Information for Parents

Inhalant Abuse is on the Rise

Is Autism on the Rise?

Is it a concussion or just a bump on the head?

Is There a Link Between Autism and the MMR Vaccine?

Is Your Child Entering College? Consider Getting the Meningococcal Vaccine!

Is your Tetanus Immunization Up-to-date?

Keep A Cool Head On Hot, Humid Days To Avoid Heat Stroke

Keep Your Cool When Kids Bump Heads

Keep your Family Warm ... and Safe this Winter

Kids and Sports Injury: Pre-Game Strategies

Kidsgrowth Parent Guidelines

Language Development in Children

Left is Right: How Much do you Know about Left handed people?

Listeria Infections

Make Water Safe for Children with Epilepsy

Matthew and the Tics

Medical Cause of Behavior

Medications Containing phenylpropanolamine (PPA)

Meningitis Symptoms in Children

Meningococcal Meningitis and the Meningococcal Vaccine

Meningococcal Vaccine:
What Parents Need to Know

Migraine Headaches in Children

Minor Problem or True Emergency

Monitor Children's Blood Pressure

Most Headaches not Cause for Serious Concern

My Child is having a seizure!

New Key to Autism

On Breastfeeding , smoking, ADHD

On-Field Evaluation of Head Injury

One Test You Don't Want To Fail…Thinking About Drug Testing

Our Resources for Avoiding a Parent's Worst Nightmare - Substance Abuse

Personal Watercraft and Children

Pneumococcal Disease

Pneumococcal Vaccine Protects Newborns

Polio Vaccine
What Parents Need to Know

Preventing Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Prevention of Bacterial Meningitis

Promoting Left-Handed Success

Protecting Kids From Mosquito Meanies

Questions and Answers on the Safety of Phenylpropanolamine

Rabies: Questions and Answers for Parents

Recognizing ADHD

Reducing Heat-Rated Injuries in the Child-Athlete

Reducing the Risk of Rabies

Scarlet Fever - Is it serious?

Science Takes Aim at Shingles

Seasonal and H1N1 Influenza Emergency Warning Signs

Should I worry about the West Nile Virus?

Signs of Childhood Cancer

Smallpox: Questions and Answers for Parents

Sports Related Brain Injuries

St. Louis Encephalitis

Stages of Adolescent Substance Abuse

Stripping the Fear of Epilepsy

Survey Says Parents, Kids Get Failing Grade in Child Helmet Use

Symptoms of Brain Injury

Take Steps to Prevent Car Sickness

Teacher Tips for the Child Who Stutters

Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew

The Anxious Child

The Brain's Response to Drugs

The Crying Child

The Diseases and the Vaccines

The Facts about Cocaine

The Facts about Measles

The Importance of the Sports Physical

The Lowdown on Food borne Illness

The New McCarthyism: Vaccines & Autism

Thimerosal in Vaccines - Is the Preservative Safe?

Think Your Kid Won't Try Drugs?

Three Myths about Childhood Head Injuries

Time Usually Takes Care of Simple Tics

Tips for Finding Missing Immunization Records

Tourette syndrome Explained

Turn the Radio Down!

Turner Syndrome Growth Chart

Understanding Tics and Tourette's Syndrome

Use you common sense to ward off Encephalitis

Vaccines and Autism, Beyond the Fear Factors

Viral Meningitis

Viral meningitis flares up as nation's campuses fill

Warning Signs of a Learning Disability

West Nile Encephalitis

Western Equine Encephalitis

What is "Bird Flu?"

What is an EEG?

What is Autism? Press release from the American Academy of Pediatrics

What is Botulism

What is CMV and how is it transmitted?

What is Encephalitis?

What is Neurofibromatosis?

What is polio?

What is the Fragile X Syndrome?

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

What would happen if we stopped vaccinations?
Part II

What Your Pediatrician is Reading:
Quick Tool May Help Identify Victims of Abuse

When Back Pain Needs Further Evaluation

When dogs bite children they have a good reason

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

When to Worry About a Head Injury

When to worry about your child's headache's

Whooping Cough Making Dangerous Comeback

Whooping Cough on the Rise

Whooping cough outbreaks in Junior and Senior High School Students

Why Immunize?

Why steroids are the new teen drug

Why Vaccinate?

Wider Age Range for Meningitis Vaccine

Health Information from our Experts

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