When is time to wean your baby
Maybe like any other new mom, you are asking yourself when is time to wean your baby from bottle feeding? It should ask your pediatric about that, becouse he or she don’t tell you otherwise. The doctors advice a new […]
The sleep and autistic children
All parents intermittently deal with children who have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep. These temporary sleep difficulties are normal. However, children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to have more ongoing sleep-related difficulties. The number of families affected varies […]
Hospitalizations for young kids for eating disordes jump in 119% for 7 years
Hospitalizations of children younger than 12 years rose by 119% from 1999 to 2006, a report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) revealed in the journal Pediatrics. Overall, including all age groups, the same period saw a 15% […]
All about Crohn’s disease
What is Crohn’s disease? Crohn’s disease is a lifelong inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Parts of the digestive system get swollen and have deep sores called ulcers. Crohn’s disease usually is found in the last part of the small intestine and […]
In kids and teenagers with inflammatory bowel disease there is low bone density
A thesis from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) is the first in Scandinavia to study the occurrence of low bone mineral density in children and teenagers with inflammatory bowel disease. Half of the patients in the study showed signs of […]
Only for kids: how it immune system works
To be immune (say: ih-myoon) means to be protected. So it makes sense that the body system that helps fight off sickness is called the immune system. The immune system is made up of a network of cells, tissues, and […]
Support and social protection for children with HIV and AIDS
In an effort to forge greater commitment for child sensitive social protection policies, 40 parliamentarians from ten countries in Eastern and Southern Africa are gathering for a three day meeting in Windhoek, Namibia. Hosted by the Parliament of Namibia in […]
How to protect child teeth in 7 steps
The toddler had 16 teeth. Despite his young age, four of the teeth were so decayed that they needed dental crowns. This toddler‘s parents didn’t realize how important baby teeth are, says Beverly Largent, DMD, the Paducah, Ky., dentist who […]
