Basic guide: What is a pacemaker?
What is a pacemaker? It’s a small device that’s placed in the chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms. Find out more of the specifics here.
What is a pacemaker? It’s a small device that’s placed in the chest or abdomen to help control abnormal heart rhythms. Find out more of the specifics here.
Women often spend a lot of money on skin care products in an effort to improve the look of their skin. Here’s how you can get the most bang for your buck!
While fractures are not uncommon in kids, a 2013 study looked at broken bones in children, and to find out the most common injuries and their causes.
As summer lures millions of people back to the water to beat the heat, make sure you’re aware of the most common swimming injuries – and how to avoid them.
Are Slip ‘n Slides safe for adults? Actually, they’re not – and here’s why. (Who knew you could outgrow a sheet of wet plastic?!)
Buying directly from the farmer gives you a great way to get fresh, tasty and healthy produce. Here’s where you can find local farmers’ markets.
Every summer, story after story appears on the news about a child drowning (or nearly-drowning), and moms and dads start to worry: What would happen if my child fell in a pool?
Venomous snakes in the US include rattlesnakes, copperheads, water moccasins and coral snakes. You should watch out for these venomous snake bite signs.
How do bones break? Once in a while, a bone is put under more stress than it can handle – and when that happens, it breaks, or fractures.
Here’s a free printable pediatrician interview checklist for you to use!
Choosing a pediatrician isn’t always easy, because your baby will have frequent visits – you need someone you can trust. Here are some questions to ask!
Children with physical disabilities need a safe home environment that meets their changing physical and social needs. But what is the best way for parents to create this type of house?
Under the HIPAA privacy law, can the personal representative of an adult or emancipated minor obtain access to the individual’s medical record?
The birth of a child with a disability, or the discovery that a child has a disability, can have profound effects on the family.
Irritable bowel syndrome affects about 1 in 5. There’s no medical test to identify it, but doctors make a diagnosis based on the patient’s symptoms.
In atopic dermatitis/eczema, the skin becomes extremely itchy, and leads to redness, swelling, cracking, “weeping” clear fluid, crusting and scaling.
Drowning can occur in any liquid or body of water – a pool or a puddle, bathtub or bucket. But even after someone who nearly drowned is pulled from the water, they’re not necessarily safe.
If you have recently learned that your child has a developmental delay or a disability – which may or may not be completely defined – this message is be for you.
We all develop at different rates. Some children speed along, practically running before they walk. Others take their time — or need more time.
What would childhood be without time to play? Play, it turns out, is essential to growing up healthy.
Did you know that the bedtime you select for your toddler may be out of sync with his or her internal body clock?
The biological clock controls the daily, or circadian, rhythms of the body – a roughly 24-hour cycle of physical, mental and behavioral changes.
A concussion is a type of brain injury that changes the way the brain normally works. Even what seems to be a mild bump to the head can be serious.
How can you help your child through nightmares or night terrors? Parenting expert Elizabeth Pantley answers.
We spend a lot of time and effort developing our skills and abilities, but there’s one key element that can hold us back despite all of our efforts: our confidence.
It’s so pretty and common, in fact, that many people don’t realize that the whole oleander plant can be dangerous.
Do American citizens actually need a passport to travel to Canada or Mexico? Get the details of what you need right here.
Do you love to swim, but hate the smell and other problems that come from a chlorinated pool? Well, natural swimming pools might be the answer for you.
