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People with disordered eating and body image issues can often trace their experience to an early childhood doctor’s appointment when their weight or size was characterized as a problem to…
If you’re a soon-to-be-father working for a company that offers you paid paternity leave, you should take it. According to one study, only five percent of employed fathers took more…
Having children means being exposed to nonstop illnesses. On average, young children get six to eight upper respiratory infections a year; in practical terms, that means a lot of missed…
You or your kids may already been familiar with strep throat; I know I had to suffer through lots of throat swabs and pink liquid medicine as a kid. But…
When a child fails to meet their developmental milestones when it comes to big muscle groups, it can be cause for concern and an indication that your child may have…
Photo: L Julia (Shutterstock) The CDC recently issued an alert to healthcare providers about enterovirus D68, which has turned up in children who were hospitalized with severe respiratory illnesses. This…
Photo: JaySi (Shutterstock) Now that summer is in full swing, people lucky enough to have their own pool (or at least live near someone who does) are probably spending a…
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) Some medical incidents are inextricably linked to the childhood experience: Kids throw up a lot for some reason, they skin their knees, they have their tonsils removed,…
Photo: Mcimage (Shutterstock) Getting a toddler to eat anything other than chicken nuggets and French fries can feel like a superhuman, almost mythical feat of parenting. Sure, you know they…
Photo: Lopolo (Shutterstock) All babies cry. But some babies cry a lot. A colicky baby—defined as a healthy baby who cries for more than three hours a day, more than…