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Playing It Safe this Holiday Season: Toy Safety
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Toys are an eagerly anticipated part of the holiday season for children. Here's what you need to know to make sure the toys you choose are safe and age appropriate.
Building Strong Bones
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Looking at your young child, it may never occur to you to think of the threat of osteoporosis — a disease that causes loss of bone density and makes a person more vulnerable to fractures. However, the young bones in your child's body will become the older bones in her adult body.
Stay or Go? When to Keep Your Child Home From School
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Nothing throws a monkey wrench into your day like a child waking up feeling sick. But before you cancel your meetings and call out for carpool assistance, know that not every cough and sniffle means your child should stay home from school.
Influenza: What You Should Know
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While everyone may be familiar with the influenza virus and how lousy it feels to be in bed with the flu, there are some myths about influenza and the influenza vaccine that persist year after year.
Enterovirus D68: What You Should Know
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Recent reports of widespread enterovirus D68 infections have led to many questions and concerns among parents. Find some basic information about the virus and its transmission.
What is Enterovirus D68?
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The recent outbreak of a respiratory virus, called Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68), is responsible for hundreds of hospitalizations across the country. Find out if you should be concerned.
Chikungunya
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A mosquito-borne illness once rarely seen in the United States has cropped up this summer, most recently in Florida this past July. Chikungunya, while not fatal, causes a fever and joint pain and can be very uncomfortable, especially for young children.
What You Need to Know About West Nile Virus
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West Nile is an arbovirus, a virus that can cause infections of the central nervous system, inflammation of the joints and liver infections. It is the most common arbovirus in the United States.
Asthma Triggers
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If you have a child with asthma, you know that daily life can sometimes be a real challenge. Knowing what triggers your child's asthma can help make things much easier for your child and your family.
Understanding Excessive Sweating: Hyperhidrosis
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It's summer, and when it gets hot, our bodies sweat to help regulate our body temperature. But for some people, sweating in much greater amounts than necessary happens regardless of the temperature. This condition is called hyperhidrosis. In most cases, hyperhidrosis occurs for no apparent reason.