Medical Conditions

• A Breath of Safety for Your Child
• A Directory of Medical Tests
• Air Fresheners: Something Rotten in the Air?
• Alternative Medicine and Your Child
• Apnea of Prematurity
• Arrhythmias
• Asthma and Swimming: Dive Right In?
• Auditory Processing Disorder
• Birth Defects
• Birthing Centers and Hospital Maternity Services
• Blood
• Bones, Muscles, and Joints
• Brain and Nervous System
• Can Diabetes Be Prevented?
• Can the Weather Affect My Child's Asthma?
• Caring for a Seriously Ill Child
• Cholesterol and Your Child
• Coarctation of the Aorta
• College Life and Asperger’s
• Common Childhood Orthopedic Conditions
• Common Diagnoses in the NICU
• Cough and Cold Medicine Abuse
• Cystic Fibrosis and Nutrition
• Digestive System
• Do the Kittens Have to Go?
• Egg Allergy
• Egg Allergy Diet
• Endocrine System
• Enlarged Adenoids
• Failure to Thrive
• Female Reproductive System
• Finding a Doctor for Your Child
• Frequently Asked Questions About Casts
• Frequently Asked Questions About Immunizations
• Gene Therapy and Children
• Genetic Counseling
• Genetic Testing
• Going to the Emergency Room
• Handling an Asthma Flare-Up
• Hearing Evaluation in Children
• Heart and Circulatory System
• Heart Murmurs and Your Child
• Hocus Focus: Exploring the Science and Hype on Ginseng and Colds
• How to Make the Most of Your Doctor's Visit
• How to Talk to Your Child's Doctor
• If Your Child Has a Heart Defect
• Immune System
• Inhaler or Nebulizer: Which One Should My Child Use?
• Is it a Medical Emergency?
• Kidney Diseases in Childhood
• Kidneys and Urinary Tract
• Lungs and Respiratory System
• Male Reproductive System
• Managing Asthma
• Managing Home Health Care
• Meconium Aspiration
• Medical Care and Your 13- to 18-year-old
• Medical Care and Your 2- to 3-year-old
• Medical Care and Your 4- to 5-year-old
• Medical Care and Your 6- to 12-year-old
• Medication Chart
• Medications: Using Them Safely
• Metabolism
• Milk Allergy Diet
• Milk Allergy in Infants
• Minor Traveler Maladies
• Mouth and Teeth
• Newborn Screening Tests
• Nut and Peanut Allergy
• Nut and Peanut Allergy Diet
• Overweight and Obesity
• Ozone, Air Quality, and Asthma
• Perpetual Sniffles
• Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN)
• Physical Therapy
• Prenatal Tests
• Preparing Your Child for Anesthesia
• Preparing Your Child for Surgery
• Preparing Your Child for Visits to the Doctor
• School and Asthma
• Skin, Hair, and Nails
• Soiling (Encopresis)
• Spleen and Lymphatic System
• State of the Union: Health Care in America
• Stool Tests
• Stymied By Hives
• Take Your Medicine the Right Way
• Talking to the Pharmacist
• The Smell of Tobacco Smoke
• Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
• Traveling and Asthma
• Types of Anesthesia
• What Do We Know About Autism?
• What Is the Multiple Marker Test?
• Wheezing and Asthma in Infants
• When to Go to the ER if Your Child Has Asthma
• When Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
• When Your Baby Is Born With a Health Problem
• When Your Baby's in the NICU
• When Your Child Has a Chronic Kidney Disease
• When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
• Worst Cities for Allergies
• Your Child's Vision
• Your Daughter's First Gynecological Exam