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Physical Activity Guidelines for your Infant and Toddler

A Cow's Milk Allergy Diet

A Grave Risk for Young Athletes

A serious side effect of antibiotics: Infection with Clostridium difficile

ACL Injuries in Children

American Academy of Pediatrics updates its position on soy formulas

Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries in Children

Calcium Supplements for Children Who Don't Eat Milk Products

Carefully Supervise Preteen Weight Training

Celiac Disease and Gluten-sensitive enteropathy

Chest Pain Scares Youngsters Worries Parents

Colic ‚ Does Your Baby Have it? What Can You Do About It?

Constipation and Soiling in the Preschooler

Coping with your Child's Food Allergies

Dental Emergencies: Do You Know What to do?

Did you buy a basketball net for your child this holiday?

Disorders That Affect Adolescents

Eat to Win

Football Gear Safety Tips

For kids, soccer is a real winner

Four Stay-Safe Tips for an Active Summer

Helping Children Swallow Pills

Hepatitis B Fact Sheet

Hepatitis B Vaccine
What Parents Need to Know

Hiccups in Babies and Children

Infantile Colic: Which treatments work, and which do not!

Is Your Child Ready For Organized Sports?

Knee pain can plague fragile bones of youngsters

Milk Problems -
Allergy or Intolerance?

More Girls Try Taking Steroids to Tone Up

Muscle Cramps and what to do about them

My child complains of chest pain

Myths about Constipation

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

Overuse Injuries in Children

Parents unaware of Hepatitis A facts and how the disease is transmitted

Performance-Enhancing Drugs: Guidelines for Parents and Athletes

Pet Turtles may be harmful to your child's health

Protect your Family From Travelers' Diarrhea

Put Sports in Prospective

Put sports injuries on ice

Questions and Answers about Salmonellosis

Questions to Ask Your Child's Coach

Reducing Heat-Rated Injuries in the Child-Athlete

RotaTeq™ Questions and Answers

Rotavirus Vaccine Prevents Most Cases in Infants and Children

Rotavirus Vaccine: What Parents Need to Know

Six Things Parents Should Say to their Player

Some Thoughts on Colic

Sports Conditioning & Menstrual Dysfunction

Sports Injuries Happen

Sports Injury Prevention Tips

Supplement's Safety still in Question

Taming a Childhood Scourge

Temperature and Athletic Activities

Ten Tips for Dads to Promote Daughters' Sports

The Newborn: When it's normal
to be abnormal!

The Pro's and Con's of Cows Milk

Tips for a Safer Turkey

Treating hernias in children

Unhealthy Diet Associated With Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Children

Warning Signs of a Bad Youth Coach

Water is the Perfect Drink to Sate Thirst

What Is a Bone Fracture and How Is it Treated?

What is Constipation and How to Treat It

What is Meconium Aspiration?

What Parents should know about Ibuprofin

What Your Pediatrician in Reading: Youth Sports Participation associated with health-related behaviors

When Abdominal Pain May Mean Appendicitis

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

When That Belly Discomfort Won’t Go Away

Why steroids are the new teen drug

You Swallowed What?

Health Information from our Experts

My teenage son went to our pediatrician for a sport physical and the physician said he had an "innocent heart murmur" and was okay to play soccer. What is an innocent murmur? Is it dangerous? ...

My son recently started running cross country. He describes a dull aching pain on the lower front part of his shin bone. His running coach says he has shin splints. What are shin splints?...

Are mouth guards important for student athletes?...

My daughter coughs and wheezes while playing soccer. Otherwise, she is okay. Another parent said she had exercise asthma. Should she stop exercising and see her doctor?...

Is there any way I can keep my children from getting head lice?...

Three of my teenage grandsons are outgoing and excel at sports. A fourth is quiet and something of a loner. He not only does not play sports, he doesn't know anything about them. How can I help him become more of a typical boy? ...

My 13 year old son is very active in sports and has grown 5in. in the last three months. He has also been diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease, what is this condition and how can we treat this? ...

My boy just turned age 12. He is 5 foot 3inches in height and weights 140 pounds. He has played football for five years and really loves it. He wants to play junior varsity. I do not want him to be disappointed if he is not big enough to play. He is big ...

I was told by my child’s pre-school teacher that my child is very manipulative and is 4 years going on 14. My child is an only child and does like to be in control, how can I teach her that she can not expect her friends to do things her way all the ti...

Is there anything I can do for a child with a peanut allergy? What are the symptoms and is there any medication that can be taken to help prevent and cure a peanut allergy? How does having a peanut allergy affect the child, and what are the causes? ...

My nephew has severe egg allergy—anaphylactic shock. We are looking for substitutes for use in cooking in their household. Can you offer any suggestions, sources or referrals?

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I have a two year old daughter who has chronic constipation. Her doctor suggested the use of laxatives if she misses having a bowel movement by one day and the only way we can avoid a heart wrenching episode during a painful bowel movement is to use the...

Our 9-year-old son has been playing soccer in the Fall/Spring months and basketball in the Winter/Summer months. He has been doing this since he was five years old. Are we putting him at risk for any type of joint degeneration? His father is currently be...

It is my understanding that the rotovirus vaccine is no longer recommended. Is this true?...

My son is 3yrs. old. We enrolled in a tiny tot sports class and he won't interact with the other kids and the teachers. He wants to sit by my side on the bleachers or he wants me to stand right beside him. The other mothers stay during the class, I don't...

My 10 month old son was diagnosed with C-difficil after having severe abdominal pains and diarrhea. He was treated with Vancomycin. While his symptoms seem better, he is still having pains and diarrhea (he's been done with Vancomycin for 5 days). What ...

My 10 year old 5'1" 145lb son is playing tackle football in full gear. He enjoys it very much. He will not be allowed to play next year based on his weight. I believe that at this weight he should be able to play. The league currently has 11-13yr olds pla...

My son, age 2, has an abdominal hernia. It's not umbilical since it's about 2 inches above his belly button. What are all of the treatments available? Can it become strangulated like I heard? What do I do? Thank you, a very worried Mother, ...

What is a pilonidal cyst and how is it treated?...

What are the pros and cons of children participating in gymnastics above the age of three?...

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

My 13 year old daughter experieces "hot flashes" during her school day. They are be coming more frequent now. She also has alot of thigh pain. Should she see OBGYN and get her hormone level checked? ...

My daughter is 17 months old and has been throwing up everything I give her. I think it is the flu but what can I give her to help her stop throwing up. She is up and active but everytime she eats or drinks anything up it comes. Please give me some suggest...

How common are strep vaginal/rectal infections among four year olds? How is this transmitted? ...

I have a 41/2 year old boy. Over the last few weeks he has been having fecal incontinence. He rushes to the toilet in a hurry but wets his pants before itself and also sometimes passes stools in his pants. What is the reason for this. He has no problems pa...

My three-month old granddaughter has reflux and the specialist wants to put her on "Reglan." The PDR says that it is not recommended for anyone under 18 years of age. What are the risks if we do or do not put her on Reglan?...

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...

Our 11-week old baby girl cries & tightens up with horrible gas pains for hours after nursing if I consume any dairy products (especially cow's milk). How can I get the calcium I need without causing her so much distress? At what age might she outgrow this...

I was told by my pediatrician to take my 2 1/2 year old off sweet drinks because he is gaining too much weight. Are artifical sweetners bad to give children in moderation? ...

My 16 week old baby crys unconsolably, arching her back and in obvious discomfort one and one-half to two hours after every feeding. The cry, etc. lasts approx. 30 minutes. Then she will sleep. She weights 10 pounds, is bottle fed (neutramigen) 5-6oz. ever...

My son just got through with "Spring football" practice and was told by the coach that he had a "hip pointer." What is that injury and is it serious? ...

I have a 2 year old daughter who had jaundice as a newborn. Now I have noticed that she is looking yellow again, especially below her eyes. I was wondering if toddlers can get jaundice again, and why? ...

I read somewhere that children do not have the digestive enzymes necessary to digest complex carbohydrates until about 18mths of age. is this information accurate? ...

My teenage son plays hockey and his hands smell because of the think gloves he wears. Is there anything I can do to reduce this unpleasant problem? ...

My four month old boy takes around 23-24oz of formula everyday. Sometimes it takes me an hour to feed him a 4 0z bottle. He weighs around 14 pounds and his height is around 24inchs. Is he eating enough? How many oz/s of formula should a four month old eat ...

My 18-month old often has green stools, similar in color to grass. Is this serious?...

My son is 4 yrs. old, and I am trying to determine his tolerance to lactose (milk, 2%). He does not know when he has to have a bowel movement. When he does, the stool is without form or texture, without being watery or runny as with diarrhea. He does not c...

I am breast feeding my baby. What should her bowel movements look like?...

I have a seven-week old who "throws up" quite a bit after he is nursed. We have had several tests completed for Pyloric Stenosis and reflux. All tests came back negative. My question concerns his sleeping. He does not like to sleep on his back or side, but...

Since our baby was born, she has always been fussy after feedings, even when she is well burped. My wife is lactose intolerant. Is it possible that the baby is also lactose intolerant?...

My 3 1/2 week baby is on Similac with Iron and sometimes has has and is constipated. I was told by someone that I could use a rectal thermometer to help him along. Is this safe? ...

My four month old daughter is having problems with constipation. I was wandering what she can take to help her out?...

We are very concerned about our daughter's weight. She just turned two and is in the 5th percentile for height and off the charts for weight. Our doctor is finally showing some concern and wants to see her in 6 minths to see if she is growing. Her appetiti...

Hi, My 3wk old daughter strains when she is trying to have a bowel movement,to the point where she turns red and makes sounds like shes in pain. She was previously on Similac w/iron but our pediatrician switched her to Isomil in hopes that she would be rel...

Our 4 week old daughter has difficulty sleeping for any length of time (20 mins approx. max)during the day. She wakes up squirming, crying and sometimes passes gas. It started in the evening at about 1 week but now lasts all day In the morning she passes ...

My son is 16 years old and just last fall we found out he has Celiac's Disease. We have removed wheat, rye, oats, and barley from his diet and he has grown about 3-4 inches and put on about 15-20 lbs. I'm wondering how much growth he may have lost without ...

My 18 month old was on the drug Propulsid for several months. The drug has been linked to over 100 deaths and 400 injuries. At the time he was prescibed the drug over 80 people had already died. I was not aware this prior to him taking the drug. No one eve...

My four-year old daughter woke up one day with a swollen left labia. This swelling came and went and the doctor said it was a hernia. Is this condition serious? ...

I have a 9-week old son who is unable to move his bowels. His stools are not hard but he is constantly crying and pushing. I have tried almost every formula out there. My doctor says he will outgrow this problem but I think he should be better by now....

STOOL COLOR. My daughter has been on Isomil with Iron for several weeks now and her stool has changed from mustard colored to a dark greenish color. Is this probably because of the soy formula? Otherwise they are firm and she usually goes only once a day. ...

My 6 year old son has been having problems with his stomach lately, and his stool is green in color. Should he see his doctor? ...

I have 22 month old twin girls who for the last three weeks have had 3 to 4 loose stools per day. They seem otherwise healthy. They also have a bad diaper rash from all the diarrhea. Should I be concerned? Is there a possibility that they have a parasitic ...

Our 20 month old daughter gets liquid bowel movements approximately 36 hours after having oranges or orange juice. Is this a normal allergic reaction that she may outgrow? Does she need any Vitamin C supplements until then? ...

My son, who is 4 years old has a hard time having a bowel movement. This has been the case ever since potty training started two years ago. He will go for days without having one, and when he finally does, it is so huge it clogs the toilet and I quite hone...

My daughter is 10. She has had behavior problems and weight problems since she was 3. We have been to multiple physicians including endocrinologist, gastroenterologist, mental health professionals etc. I have no more help now than I did when she was 3. She...

My 5 mo. old has been exclusively breastfeeding. Recently, we tried to feed her formula. The first two times, we tried Similac and she developed a mild rash. So, we tried Emfamil but then she had a terrible reaction and violently vomited (projectile) every...

When do babies stop having crying fits from gas? ...

I have a 7-week old baby girl and they have changed her formula 3 times and she has been having problems with diarreha and vomiting and now she is on Isomel DH. What tests can be done to find a formula that will work good for her. No one in our families ar...

When a 10-month old has diarrhea, is it necessary to withhold all food and only feed pedialyte for up to a week. Won't that cause more diarrhea?...

My 9 year old son who was completely potty trained by 2 1/2 is now having bowel movement accidents. My concern is the bm is very pasty, it also is extremely large and appears to be the full length of his colon. He gives me several reasons from it hurts, to...

My 18 month old daughter has had diarrhea for almost a month. She has lost weight and refused to eat for two weeks during that month. We have lived at the Dr.'s but other than giving her Pedialyte, I have received no answers on what is causing this conditi...

My baby is 10 weeks old & has had diarrhea for 3 days now, could she be allergic to her formula. How do you know if she is? ...

My three month old daughter takes 2 - 3 ounces per feeding and then turns away and refuses to take another drop. If the rule is formula amount equals 2 times body weight, she barely takes 20 ounces on a good day. Could her lack of interest in feeding cause...

We recently switched our 1 year old to whole milk from formula. Since this change she has been constipated. Is this due to change? Should we have her put back on formula? Her stool's are like rocks and it seems to be very painful....

My son shows signs of what I might call "early" encopresis. He is 5 years old, and has periods of staining his underpants, and sometimes a small amount of fecal substance comes out. After reading your article on this subject, I very much doubt he needs tre...

My son in one year old and for five days now has not had a stool. Can you give me some advice as to how to prevent constipation?...

I have a 6 month old daughter who has been having fits of excessive crying since birth. We have tried every formula made by Similac and Enfamil. With each formula she is fine for about 1 week and then begins crying again. She passes gas and screams each ti...

I am nursing and will be having a colonoscopy I want to know if the chemicals in the solution that I have to drink will enter my breastmilk. The chemicals are golytely, nulytely, and likely a fleet enema. If I need to stop nursing how long do I need to sto...

I am the mother of a 10 week old girl. She was born 3 weeks premature and was jaundice. She has been gaining weight very well and growing just the same. The doctor suggested we take a blood sample for blood work at her last well visit because she still loo...

I have a 6-month-old baby and he usually vomits after drink milk. Every day, I mix 28 oz of milk and 14 oz of cereal together and feed him seven times. He usually vomits about one or two times a day, sometimes three times a day. His doctor recomm...

My son is seven months old, is breast-fed and on solids since 4 ½ months old. His bowel movements have been very regular since starting cereal, fruit, and veg., He was going once a day and the stools were quite solid. For the past 10 days or more...

My 2 1/2 year old son wakes up at night complaining that his feet hurt. Could this be growing pains? What is the best way to treat his constipation besides prune juice. Thanks...

My daughter was born 3 weeks premature and was jaundice. She is now a 10 weeks old, breast fed baby and her pediatrician suggested we take a blood test to check liver function (because she still seemed a bit yellow at her 2 month visit). When the tests cam...

My daughter is 23 months old. Can you direct me to any articles on "toddler diarrhea"? I would really appreciate it....

My daughter is turning one this month. Since she was 6 months old I have been trying to give her solid food (baby food in the beginning). She either spits it out or gags on it and vomits. She has mild reflux and still does. I now give her food that she can...

Our pediatrician recommended to give our 3 1/2 month old a sypository and prune juice to begin regulating his bowel movements. Our son finally went,which thrilled us, but we found white cottage cheese/feta cheese like hunks in his stool output. What could ...

I have a healthy 11 month old boy. Last night he started screaming and crying uncontrollably. I gave him some water which soothed him for a while, then I bathed him in warm water. But he was still crying. He has never cried like that before and he was r...

I have a 2 month old son and he has been on Isomil and Prosobee as he tends to get really gassy. I put him on Alimentum and he wants to spit it up. Is this normal just because it is a new formula? Or does he have to be on another formula? If you could plea...

My 2 ½ month old son seems unusually gassy. He was on Nutramagin for about 2 weeks and was okay on that for about a week and a half. Now he is on Alimentum and has been for about 3 weeks. Again he was okay with it for about 2 weeks and is now ha...