Managing Your Child’s Diabetes
Age-specific guidelines for diabetes care.
Children, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Health, Pediatric Medicine
Category: Children
Challenges and Hope for Girls and Women with Turner Syndrome
This chromosomal condition causes short stature and a lack of ovarian development.
Children, Endocrinology, Health, Pediatric Medicine, UNC Stories
A Growing Epidemic: Type 2 Diabetes on the Rise in Children
Learn why more children are being diagnosed with this condition and how to prevent it. Once upon a time, type 2 diabetes was called adult-onset diabetes because it almost exclusively affected adults. Back then, virtually all children with diabetes had the type 1 form of the disease, but that’s no longer the case. In recent…
College Health Tips: Podcast Episode 6
This episode of UNC Health Talk: The Podcast is for high school graduates preparing to enter college (and their parents). Up until now, your health has largely been your parents’ responsibility. But now high school is over and it’s time for college. Even if you’re continuing your education close to home, it’s time to take…
ADD/ADHD, Children, Families, Health, Mental Health, Pediatric Medicine, podcast, Primary Care, Safety
Teenage Heart Patient Aspires to Help Others
High school senior Sam Deacon is thriving after overcoming a rare and life-threatening heart condition.
Cardiology, Children, Heart Failure, Pediatric Medicine, UNC Stories
From High-Risk Preemie to Boisterous Boy
David Cumbie was a premature baby who couldn’t breathe or make noises on his own. Now, he’s a thriving first-grader who is talking—a lot!
Six Ways to Help Your Child Cope with Anxiety
What parents should (and shouldn’t) do when a child struggles with worry and fear.
Does My Child Need to Go to the Emergency Room?
Here’s how to know if an illness or injury can be treated at urgent care or requires a trip to the hospital.
