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Scrolling to doom? Here's what happens to kids when they are exposed to social media early in their lives
Researchers have been raising red flags for years, suggesting that too much screen time at a young …
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Walking pneumonia is spreading. Doctors share the tell-tale symptoms to look for, and varied ways to treat it.
Walking pneumonia has been on the rise nationwide, mainly among kids. The bacteria can linger for w…
Hilary Brueck
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My daughter ate at McDonald's and got sick 10 days later. Now she's hospitalized with E. coli and acute kidney failure.
A young girl was diagnosed with a life-threatening complication from E. coli, around the same time …
Tess Martinelli
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I'm a pediatric dietitian. Here are 4 mistakes parents make when starting solids with their babies.
A pediatric dietitian says parents often give up too soon on rejected foods, and clean babies too o…
Dahlia Rimmon
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Brain scans show teen girls aged 4 years faster than boys during COVID lockdowns. We asked the researcher what that means long-term.
A study found that teen girls' brains aged 4.2 years faster than average during the pandemic. They …
Julia Pugachevsky
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Children with high BMIs should not use obesity medications like WeGovy, US doctors warn
The US Preventive Services Task Force warned against giving children 6 and older buzzy weight-loss …
Julia Naftulin
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WHO confirms human case of bird flu in India! H9N2 virus detected in a four-year child in West Bengal
The World Health Organisation has confirmed the human case of bird flu in India, after the H9N2 vir…
ANI
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My son needed brain surgery to stop his seizures. Even though I'm his mom, I had a hard time making decisions.
Samantha Harney's son Trevor has epilepsy and was having daily seizures. Doctors removed a part of …
Kelly Burch
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Millennials have a favorite parenting style. It isn't working.
Millennials wanted to be better parents. So why are their kids little monsters?
Kelli María Korducki
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Step aside, Ozempic Zyn is being touted as the new (delusional) weight-loss quick fix
People are calling Zyn nicotine pouches O-Zyn-pic. But experts say using nicotine for weight loss i…
Mia de Graaf,Hilary Brueck
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My son had seizures every day, and we worried about his future. A brain implant changed his life.
Liz Bronson's son had seizures multiple times a day and medication didn't help. A brain implant hel…
Kelly Burch
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We asked a parasite expert about RFK Jr.'s claim that a worm ate his brain. Here's what they said.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a 2012 deposition that a doctor believed a worm ate part of his brain…
Geoff Weiss,Paul Squire
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Kashmir gets 500-bed pediatric hospital
In 2012, GB Pant hospital, the lone pediatric health facility in Kashmir recorded 358 neonatal deat…
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Kraft Heinz's CEO has a clean-eating lifestyle at odds with all that processed food but he insists it shares his health mission
Kraft Heinz CEO Carlos Abrams-Rivera practices intermittent fasting and exercises six days a week, …
Cameron Manley
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I gave birth to my daughter in Japan. My husband and I loved living there, but she needed better healthcare, so I moved back to the US.
We moved to Japan for my husband's job, but when my daughter was born with spina bifida, I moved ba…
Katie Spence
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My daughter was the first pediatric cancer patient in a trial. She died at 16, but the drug has been approved for other children.
Nathan Traller's daughter was diagnosed with a rare type of cancer in seventh grade. She fought to …
Conz Preti
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I'm a pediatric dietician. Here are 12 things I buy at Trader Joe's for my kids.
Trader Joe's, my beloved second home, simplifies the task with its fantastic selection of nutritiou…
Dahlia Rimmon
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Kate Middleton said she's having preventative chemotherapy — here's what that could mean
Here's what to know about preventative chemotherapy and how it can work.
Gabby Landsverk
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Hospitals are overflowing with pediatric RSV patients. 3 parents share harrowing stories of having their kids hospitalized.
A 1-week-old baby was put on a ventilator when he tested positive for RSV. Hospitals across the US …
Heidi Borst
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Poor eyesight in children increased in past 10 years: AIIMS
Dr Rohit Saxena, professor of ophthalmology, and pediatrics, RP Center at AIIMS, said that in earli…