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Fifty-Five Reasons not to start Smoking!

¿Cuándo necesitan sus vacunas los niños y adolescentes?

11-12 years Immunizations

2009-2010 Flu Vaccine Recommendations for Children ages 6 months to 18 years.

2009-2010 Seasonal Influenza Vaccines

2010 Immunization Schedule 7 years to 18 years

50 Years of Vaccine Progress: A Timeline

A Childhood Killer Once Vanquished Is Returning

A Move to Better Dental Health

A New Pediatric Disease: Complacency

A Parent's Guide to Kids' Vaccines

A Parent's Guide to Kids' Vaccines

A Parent's Guide to Kids' Vaccines

A Parent's Guide to Kids' Vaccines

A Pediatric Potpourri: Measles, Bumps, and Asthma

A Short History of Vaccine Development

A Shot at Increasing Immunization

Addressing Questions About Gardasil

Adhering to vaccine schedule is best way to protect children from disease

All Children Should Receive Annual Seasonal flu Vaccine

An Effective Way to Reduce Teen Smoking

Anthrax: Frequently Asked Questions

Anti-Viral Medication

Anxiety Disorders in Children

Avoiding Overuse Injuries and Burnout in Kids

Back to school with Asthma

Bad Information Can Be Deadly

Become a "Spud Buster" and Improve your Child's Health

Become a Child Advocate!

Become a Kidsgrowth.com Advocate!

Buckle-Up America

Can Juvenile Diabetes be Prevented?

Candy Cigarettes May Lead to the Real Thing

Carefully Supervise Preteen Weight Training

CDC Announces Publication of Updated Growth Charts

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Nearly 100% Effective

Chicken pox is Entirely Preventable

Chicken Pox Vaccine is Here

Chicken Pox Vaccine
What Parents Need to Know

Chickenpox Milder in Vaccinated Kids

Chickenpox vaccine may prevent shingles

Child Passenger Safety Week Emphasizes Using Right Restraint to Save Kids’ Lives

Children and the Flu Vaccine

Children Challenge Big Tobacco

Children Need Preventive Maintenance, Too!

Choosing a Dog for your Child

Cooking Turkey Is a Family Affair…with the Right Food Safety Tools

Cool Tips for Beating the Heat

Cranked-Up Music on Headphones Can Lead to Hearing Loss

Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis Vaccines
What Parents Need to Know

Disorders That Affect Adolescents

Do Not Become Complacent About Immunizations

Do Vaccines Work?

Do you know someone who is diagnosed with MRSA? (Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus)

Do You Smoke? So do Your Kids and Grandkids

Don't Let Food Poisoning Spoil Your Summer Fun

Dose of Ibuprofen in Children

Doseage Chart: Benadryl

Ego-Builders to Use with Your Teen

Evaluating Vaccine Information on the World Wide Web

Even Kids Get the Flu

Exercise: Kids Go For It

Facts on Sports and Smoke Free Youth

Fainting after receiving vaccinations presents a problem for adolescents.

Fears of Hepatitis B Vaccine Unfounded

Fight Antibiotic Resistance with Sensible Approach to Winter Colds

First Cigarette in Grade 6 or Below Not Uncommon

Five Important Reasons to Immunize Your Child

Five Truths about Teen Smoking

Flu season shaping up to be worst in decades

Flu vaccine give you the flu? It's a myth!

Flu Vaccine Recommendations Expanded For Older Children and Adolescents

Flu Virus can Lead to Complications

Fortified Cerals can help fill clacium gap

Germ Warfare: Common Cold and Flu Culpirts

Give Kids the Gift of a Safe Holiday

Give these people the flu vaccine!

Growth Charts

Growth Facts

Health Tips for College Students and their Parents

Healthy Eating for Kids

Healthy Sexuality in Children

Helping Children Swallow Pills

Helping your Child Cope

Hepatatis A:
What Parents Need to Know

Hepatitis B Fact Sheet

Hepatitis B Vaccine
What Parents Need to Know

Herbal Medicine and Your Child

High cholsterol affects children too

How does your state measure up?

How frequently do sports injuries occur in children?

How Influenza can hurt your family

How Many Cigarettes Did Your Child Smoke Today Without You Knowing It?

How Much Smokers Pay for Cigarettes

How to Prepare your family for Bird Flu

Ibuprofen: An Injured Child's Best Friend

Illnesses Caused by the bite of a Tick

Immunization Calculator: Are your child's immunizations up to date?

Immunization Cards

Immunization Is Not a Matter of Choice

Immunization needs do not end with Childhood

Immunization Requirements for School Admission

Immunizations and Back to School

Immunizations for 15 years old

Immunizations for 18 year old

Immunizations: Frequently Asked Questions

Immunizations: Not just for Kids!

Important Change in Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine Administration

Inactivated Influenza Vaccine: What Parents Need to Know

Inactivated Influenza Vaccine: What You Need to Know 2008-2009

Incidence of Hepatitis A in the United States

Include Dental Check Up In Children's Back-To-School Routine

Infant and Child Immunizations: What Parents Want to Know

Influenza (The Flu)

Influenza Vaccine: Vaccine Information Sheet 2008-9

Information about the Antibiotic Augmentin

Injury Prevention

Institute of Medicine Report Rejects Autism-Vaccine Link

Interactive Immunization Guide

Is Autism on the Rise?

Is There a Link Between Autism and the MMR Vaccine?

Is there a way to help your child avoid the common cold?

Is your child between the ages of 11 and 19?

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

Keeping Up With Vaccines

Key Facts About Flu Vaccine for the 2008-09 Flu season

Kids Need Encouragement Not to Smoke

Let Kids Help

Let's Make this a safer World for Kids

Limiting Varicella Outbreaks

Make "roughing it" safe for campers

Make Safety Your Holiday Guest - Simple precautions can head off problems

Managed Care Needs Ounce of Prevention

Meningococcal Meningitis and the Meningococcal Vaccine

Meningococcal Vaccine:
What Parents Need to Know

Minor Problem or True Emergency

Misconceptions and Truths about Vaccines

MMR vaccine has its day in court

MMR Vaccine
What Parents Need to Know

Moments in America for All Children

Mumps Cases in the United StatesTop 1,100

My child has been biten by another child!

My child was just bitten by an animal!

Myths and Facts about the Swine Flu

National Influenza Vaccination Week. January 10-16

New Cholesterol Screening Guidelines in Children

Nine Things You Don't Want your Child to Ingest or Inhale

Number of Smoke-Free Households on the Increase

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

Parents Can Halt The Alarming Increase In Childhood Obesity

Parents! Join the Fight Against Teen Smoking

Petting Zoo Rules: Have Fun But Wash Your Hands!

Physical Activity Guidelines

Polio Vaccine
What Parents Need to Know

Prevention of Bacterial Meningitis

Printable Immunization Information for Parents

Protect kids from Joe Camel

Protect your Family From Travelers' Diarrhea

Protect your kids from illness; Don't Smoke

Protect your kids in the pool this summer!

Put Your Best Face Forward

Put Your Legs in Gear before Opening Your Mouth!

Questions Parents Should Ask Before an Immunization

Rabies: Questions and Answers for Parents

Redefining Fitness for Schoolchildren

Ronald McDonald vs. Joe Camel in Smoking Debate

Rubella: A Fact Sheet

Safety tips for children as they go to and from school

Saying No to Tobacco

School Bus Injuries Much More Common Than Thought

Seize the Day!
The Importance of Vitamin C

Set Aside Time to Exercise with your Kids

Should I give my daughter the cervical cancer vaccine?

Should My Child Get the H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccine?

Should your college freshman receive the meningitis vaccine?

Smallpox Overview

Smallpox: Questions and Answers for Parents

Smoke-Free Class Halfway to Goal

Summer Break - Tips For A Healthy Summer A Guide for Parents of Young Teens

Summer Safety Tips , part II

Summer safety tips for families with allergies

Swine Flu (H1n1 Flu) and Teens

Tables of Normal Growth

Taking Aim at a Scourge

Talking to Children about Obesity

Talking to Kids about Puberty

Talking with Kids about Smoking

Teens Get Cigarette Ordinance passed in Tampa, Florida

Teens Need Immunizations Too!

Ten Things Parents Need to Know about Childhood Immunizations

The ABC's To Healthy Kids

The alarming increase in smoking by teenage girls

The Awesome Apple: Why An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor

The Diseases and the Vaccines

The Flu's not just another Illness

The Flu: Myths and Facts

The Health of our Children:
The Good and Bad News

The Importance of Calcium

The Importance of Hand Washing

The Importance of Water

The Myths and Truth about Childhood Vaccines

The New McCarthyism: Vaccines & Autism

The Scoop on Childhood Snoring

The Ten Most Nutritious Vegetables

The Three R's + Rhinoviruses

The Who's Who of Medicine

Thimerosal in Vaccines - Is the Preservative Safe?

Tips for Finding Missing Immunization Records

Tips for Protecting Your Child from Dog Bites

Tips for Teens: The Truth About Tobacco

Turn the Radio Down!

Understanding the Basics of Managed Care

Update on the DTaP Vaccine Shortage

Updated Influenza Resources on Kidsgrowth.com

Updated Smallpox Resources

Vaccinate before you Graduate

Vaccination Checklist

Vaccination for influenza A (H1N1) expected to begin next week

Vaccination: Where to Find Good Sources of Information on the Internet

Vaccine Abbreviations

Vaccine Guide

Vaccine Information (Spanish)

Vaccine Information Statement: The H1N1 Inactivated Flu Vaccine

Vaccine Preventable Diseases

Vaccine Preventable Diseases: Fact Sheet for Parents

Vaccines Adults Should Consider

Vaccines and Autism, Beyond the Fear Factors

Vaccines are Lifesaving Gift to Children

Vaccines for Adolescents

Vaccines for Teenagers

Vacuna contra Influenzae Haemophilus tipo B (Hib)

Vacuna contra la Hepatitis B

Vacuna Contra la Poliomielitis

Vacuna contra la Varicella

Vacuna contra Sarampion, y Paperas y Rubéola (MMR)

Valentine's Day without the Calories - 2006

Varicella vaccine reduces contagiousness of chickenpox

Weight-Loss Tips

What a cigarette costs!

What is a Pediatric Nurse Practioner?

What is Botulism

What is Diphtheria

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

What would happen if we stopped vaccinations
Part I

What would happen if we stopped vaccinations?
Part II

What You Can Do to Prevent Communicable Diseases

What's a Medical Home?

What's In Your Child's Lunchbox?

When do Children and Teens Need Immunizations?

When do Children and Teens Need Vaccinations

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

Which Sports When?

Whooping Cough on the Rise

Why Immunize?

Why Vaccinate?

Wrestling: What Parents and Teens should know

Health Information from our Experts

Are there any immunizations adults should have? ...

Is there still a need to vaccinate my child? Most of the diseases he is being vaccinated against no longer pose a health risk in the United States...

Concerning chickenpox, is it possible to do a blood test to tell if I had it as a child?...

I would like to know if there is cause for me to be concerned about my 8 year old daughter's weight. She is a small child who weights 48 lbs.I am a person who is considered petite and my husband stands at 5'8.I would also lke to mention that she does not l...

I am a 15-year-old boy and am going through puberty. What happens at the doctor’s office during a physical? ...

My husband is concerned that our 9 year old is 112 pounds and is 57 inches tall. He considers him overweight. I feel as though he will thin out with an increase in height. ...

Should children beyond the age of kindergarten have a yearly physical?If so, what should that physical consist of? i.e., finger pricks, urinanalysis; weight and height charting, etc.? Thank you for your help...

I've heard that living near high voltage power -lines can cause cancer in children. Is this true? If so,how would you know to have your children screened for this? What symptoms would you watch for? We live next to these power-lines and I'm very concerned....

How long does immunity last from the chickenpox vaccine?...

Does the hepatitis B vaccine cause multiple scleorsis or SIDS?...

What is the difference between Haemophilus influenzae type B and influenza?...

Why is there going to be a shortage of flu vaccine this year?...

I'm 5'3 and weigh approximately 130 lbs. Am I overweight? If so, how much should I weigh? I also have an abslider, how many minutes should I use it? I have my period....

I have a 4 year old girl who just got her MMR shot. Are there any side affects to that shot?...

My daughter is 5 years old and she weighs 89lbs. I am very concerned that she has a bad obesity problem. I would like to know what kind of specialist that I would need to take her to. I do not want her to go thru life being obese.I have tried cutting back ...