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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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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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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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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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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…
ANI
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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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CDC: 2 children diagnosed with monkeypox in the US — the first pediatric cases
The CDC said Friday that two kids were diagnosed with monkeypox this week, including an infant. The…