As many parents know, the autumn and winter months bring a surge of coughs, colds, and fevers, often seeming like a child is ...

While there’s no real cure for any cold, flu or seasonal sickness, there is plenty of science behind popular remedies.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) advises the blue inhaler, over 17 million of which were ...

So, you know your kids are going to watch YouTube. It’s an inevitability in this day and age. Thankfully, YouTube isn’t just a source for ridiculous, mindless videos. There’s a lot of ...

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Should you get your kids a simple voice phone or a more capable smartphone? What about parental controls? Here's what you need to know along with our top-tested picks for children of all ages ...

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Unaccompanied children detained at the border are first processed by Customs and Border Patrol before being handed over to other US authorities. Donald Trump's incoming border tsar, Tom Homan ...

What is an appendectomy for children? An appendectomy is a surgery to remove a child’s appendix. The appendix is a small pouch that’s attached to the large intestine. It is on the lower right side of ...

Although symptoms can be the same, food allergies are different than a food intolerance. Food intolerance does not affect the immune system. Some children can have potentially life-threatening ...

As shown in Table 1, there was no difference in the mean age, distribution of male and female patients, mean weight, and the presenting Pulmonary Index Score between the two control groups of the ...

Cigarette smoking during childhood and adolescence causes significant health problems among young people, including an increase in the number and severity of respiratory illnesses, decreased physical ...