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CHILDREN AND TEEN CARE
Childhood Immunization Schedule
Vaccines can prevent diseases, including potentially serious ones. Make sure your baby, child, or teen is up to date on needed vaccinations.
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RAISING HEALTHY CHILDREN
Raising Healthy Children
Our guide about helping your child grow up healthy.
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CHILDREN AND TEEN CARE
Encourage Your Child to Take Notes by Hand
Research shows that both children and adults learn and remember more when they take hand-written notes. Here’s what you can do for your child.
Category,
CHILDREN AND TEEN CARE
What Is Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis)?
In this condition, children can get swollen, stiff, warm, painful joints all over their bodies, sometimes with fatigue, rashes, and fever. But they can outgrow the condition.
What Is Rheumatic Fever?
If you don’t treat your child's strep throat, he or she could develop a more serious infection called rheumatic fever, which produces inflammation throughout his or her body.
More Reason to Think Sugar Is Bad for Kids
Do your children seem to “bounce off the walls” when they eat sugary foods? Here’s a new argument that why eating sugar may increase the risk of ADHD.
Teens Unhappy with Their Looks Risk Adult Depression
During adolescence, teens are sometimes self-conscious about their bodies. But being truly unhappy about their looks raises their risk of adult depression.
Signs Your Child Needs an Eye Exam
Children can’t always understand or communicate they have abnormal vision. That’s why it’s important to recognize important signs your child needs an eye exam.
Is Spanking Good for Kids?
About a third of parents say they’ve spanked a child during the past year, but they’re unaware that such discipline can lead to more behavior problems.
What Your Teen Eats Matters
The more junk food your teens eat, the more likely they are to be putting their hearts in danger later in adulthood.
Preschoolers Need Exercise to Boost Brain Power
If you want your children to flourish, make sure that they get enough exercise. Children who walk may star in tests of their brain power.
How to Help Your Child Deal with Shots
Teaching children good coping skills can help them feel less pain after getting shots, but many parent behaviors can unintentionally make children feel worse.
Can Probiotics Help Your Child Lose Weight?
Gut bacteria may be part of the problem in heavy kids. The case that gut bacteria affect obesity is growing. A probiotic supplement could help.
How to Help a “Sluggish,” Forgetful Child
Some children (and adults) who daydream or are foggy and forgetful may need prescription drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.