Other Health Issues

Urinary tract infections can be serious because they're easy to miss, especially in young kids. A pediatrician who's treated his fair share explains exactly what parents should look for.

What you don't know about this common ailment can make your kid feel even worse. To help her fight back from stomach viruses fast, be sure to learn these six essential facts.

The wait-and-see approach is fine for some kids' health problems. But not these.

We've uncovered the natural remedies for kids that really work -- and the ones you should never try.

More than 15,000 children are diagnosed with type 1 every year. Make sure you know the telltale signs -- they're all too easy to dismiss.

The telltale signs a child may need his tonsils out are pretty common. How many does yours have?

These errors are all too easy for even the most vigilant moms to commit. How many do you recognize?

A sudden fever and lack of cold symptoms could be a sign of a UTI. Find out more here.

It's inevitable: As soon as you leave the driveway, your child needs to go to the bathroom. Follow these easy tips to help your kid be comfortable with potty on the go and using a public restroom.

Toss out the junk food and start making snack time fun again! Check out these 20 kid-friendly ingredients that make great snacks, plus an easy recipe for each one.

From potty-training and playdates to toddler teeth and watching TV, we asked some of the nation's leading pediatricians to address some of your biggest worries.

Newborns don't come with instruction manuals, and it may seem overwhelming to suddenly have to take care of their precious "parts." Here's everything you need to know to confidently take care of your baby "down there."

Although diabetes is definitely on the rise, media hype and misconceptions keep many parents from getting the whole picture about the illness -- or from understanding the best ways to help kids avoid or manage it. "Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in children after asthma, but the percentage of kids who have it is still relatively low," says Parents advisor Lori Laffel, MD, chief of the pediatric, adolescent, and young-adult section at Harvard's Joslin Diabetes Center. That's reassuring news, but if your child is one of the kids at risk, the threat to his health is very real. Here are five important truths about this serious illness.

Our child growth chart will calculate your child's height and weight percentile.

Why do boys have nipples? What is snot for? We answer these and six more of your kid's toughest body questions.

This time in your child's life can be stressful -- for the both of you! We asked pediatricians from around the country to share their best tips for parenting toddlers. Here's what they want you to know.

Find out what your kid should eat, take, and avoid to feel better.

In any given month, 10 to 15 percent of kids ages 5 and up have abdominal pain. Although you can usually tell if your child's caught a stomach bug -- she'll have vomiting or diarrhea that lasts 24 to 48 hours -- you should know these other common causes of tummy trouble, and how you can help her feel better.

Get dinner on the table fast with these fresh recipe ideas your whole family will love.

Watch for these milestones to occur between 18-24 months.

Learn how to prevent -- and treat -- this highly contagious winter illness.

Children with eczema struggle every day with painfully irritated skin -- but the right drugs can give many kids real relief.

In bathing-suit and shorts season, kids are prone to all sorts of itchy infections. Find out how to spot and treat them, from Parents magazine and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

It's miserable to watch your child suffer through the six to 10 colds she's likely to catch this year. And to make matters worse, experts now say that kids under 6 shouldn't use over-the-counter cold and cough medicine because of potentially dangerous side effects. So what's a concerned parent to do? We asked experts to tell us how to help fend off germs in the first place and how to help her feel better fast if she does get sick.

Our baby has the worst case of diaper rash we've ever seen. What causes diaper rash and how can we treat it?