When should my child get a tetanus booster? It depends on her age. Experts recommend vaccinating your child when she's 2 months old, with follow-up shots at 4 months, 6 months, after her first birthday, and again around age 5. These initial shots are ...
What is asthma?Most people associate asthma with sudden fits of coughing and wheezing, but the disease is actually present 24 hours a day. If your teenager has asthma, the tubes that carry air to her lungs are inflamed and may be swollen and clogged w...
It's not easy being a toddler. One moment your child feels as if he's king of the world; the next he's crying in rage and hurling a toy across the room. Like many parents, you may find it hard to cope with your toddler's outbursts of anger and frustra...
Theresa Quillen, a day-care worker for the last 20 years in Philadelphia, deeply loves children -- even the one who sent her to the hospital. The 3-year-old boy didn't mean to hurt her. He just happened to be standing around when another 3-year-old wa...
What should I do if my child bites someone? First, stay calm. Even if another child provoked yours and the child's parent is furious, remember that your toddler may just be "trying out" her teeth, unaware of how much pain she inflicted. Many toddlers ...
Ever wonder where kids get so much energy? Today's typical 5-year-old eats almost 600,000 calories each year -- that's a lot of fuel for a small body. These vast reserves of energy come in handy for games of freeze tag and neighborhood bike races. But...
There are things we just don't talk about in polite company. There are subjects one doesn't broach at the dinner table. Take bodily vermin, for example. A few months ago, I couldn't have pictured myself sipping a post-prandial cup of coffee and Sambuc...
Ray Lader used to be an ideal customer for the tobacco companies: He was 12 years old, loyal to his brand, and addicted. But within a few years, he turned into a major thorn in their side. Like thousands of other youth in Florida, Lader became an acti...
Why do children vomit? Vomiting is the body's way of expelling material from the stomach, sometimes to get rid of something poisonous. Whatever the cause, your child's stomach muscles will contract forcefully, and food will come back up through his es...
How can I tell whether my child is constipated? Don't gauge it by how many trips your child makes to the toilet. Some children need to move their bowels twice a day; others go only once every two or three days. Unless four or more days have passed sin...
What is dehydration? Dehydration means that the body is losing too much fluid or not taking enough in, usually because of fever, overheating, or diarrhea. It's both preventable and easily treatable, but you need to address the problem right away or it...
With all the news about contaminated food, is there anything I can do to lower my child's risk? There's good reason to wonder. Salmonella, E. coli, Listeria, and other potentially dangerous germs can be transmitted in food, causing illness and, in ver...
How can I get my child to stop whining? Tell him gently but firmly that his whining must stop, and work with him on better ways to express himself. These techniques can help: Point out your child's whiny voice as soon as he uses it. You'll have to be ...
Whooping cough (pertussis) is a disease that should be rare by now. We've had an effective vaccine against whooping cough for decades, but the illness continues to thrive. An unusual whooping cough outbreak in California in 2010, for example, sickened...
SATURDAY, June 4, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- When you're at a beach or pool, would you be able to identify someone who's drowning and take action to save them?"Even the most experienced swimmers can be in danger if the weather is bad, currents are stron...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- From 2018 to 2020, there were decreases in the prevalence of screening for breast cancer (BC) and cervical cancer (CC), while the increase in stool testing offset the decrease in colonoscopy for colorectal canc...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The number of known U.S. monkeypox cases has increased to 21 in 11 states, federal health officials announced Friday. The cases are also concentrated largely among gay or bisexual men, with the virus apparently...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Children under the age of 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccinations as early as June 21, the White House said Thursday.An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will meet on June 1...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Asian, Black, and Hispanic patients with COVID-19 have persistent overestimation of arterial oxygen saturation, according to a study published online May 31 in JAMA Internal Medicine.Ashraf Fawzy, M.D., M.P.H.,...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- At least three elderly Americans suffocated after getting trapped in Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bedrails, and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) says anyone who has the rails shoul...
JUEVES, 2 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños cuyas madres tenían unos niveles crecientes de depresión durante el embarazo parecen tener un mayor riesgo de problemas conductuales, señalan unos investigadores."Nuestros hallazgos sugieren que...
JUEVES, 2 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Laurie Waters tuvo un encuentro en un elevador que resalta las dificultades diarias a las que se enfrentan los pacientes con Alzheimer de inicio temprano, como ella.Waters, que tiene 57 años, se quedó atr...
JUEVES, 2 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños que practican deportes de equipo quizá también obtengan ciertos beneficios de salud mental, pero lo mismo tal vez no sea cierto para los que practican deportes individuales, sugiere un estudio r...
JUEVES, 2 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Estados Unidos gasta mucho más en la atención del cáncer que ningún otro país rico, pero no experimenta un rendimiento de esa inversión en términos de las vidas que se salvan, muestra un estudio reciente....
JUEVES, 2 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- En lo que podría resultar un avance potencial en el tratamiento del cáncer de páncreas, un nuevo informe sugiere que un componente clave del sistema inmunitario de un paciente se puede reprogramar para qu...
Lo que potencia la inmunidad es el número de dosis de las vacunas contra la COVID, no la combinación
JUEVES, 2 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- El número de dosis recibidas de las vacunas contra la COVID-19, y no las combinaciones, es la clave para fortalecer el sistema inmunitario para que proteja contra las distintas variantes del coronavirus, ...
JUEVES, 2 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Los niños que han tenido COVID-19 no están protegidos contra la variante ómicron, pero la vacunación sí reduce sus probabilidades de infección, muestra un estudio reciente."Escucho a los padres decir que ...
VIERNES, 3 de junio de 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Un nuevo estudio ofrece algunas conclusiones inesperadas sobre cuáles factores podrían influir en las probabilidades de contraer COVID-19.¿Qué encontró? Que las personas con alergias a los alimentos tien...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- The number of known U.S. monkeypox cases has increased to 21 in 11 states, federal health officials announced Friday.The cases are also concentrated largely among gay or bisexual men, with the virus apparently ...
FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A growing number of U.S. kids are attempting suicide by medication overdose — with the biggest increase seen among preteens, a recent study shows.Researchers found that between 2015 and 2020, there was a 27% in...