Prepare for Sick Kids While Traveling
A UNC expert offers tips for planning ahead for illness on the road.
Children's Health, Health
Category: Children’s Health
Four Things to Know About Eczema
This itchy skin condition mostly affects children but happens to adults, too.
Children's Health, Skin Care, Skin Conditions
Can This Treatment Cure a Peanut Allergy?
A new type of immunotherapy could minimize serious allergic reactions.
Allergies, Children's Health, Immunotherapy, Pediatric Medicine
How to Talk to Your Teen About Unhealthy Behaviors
Around age 11, children experience a major growth of neurons, or brain cells, that shifts which parts of the brain dominate behavior and decision-making. At this time, the prefrontal cortex, which controls behavior and decision-making, is growing but not yet mature, while the limbic system, which controls fear and pleasure, is becoming the most active…
Adolescents, Children's Health
What You Need to Know About Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
It may be most common in small children, but that doesn’t mean you’re immune.
Children's Health, Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Medicine
Does Your Child Have Fifth Disease?
By the time this virus’s distinctive rash appears, your child is already on the mend.
Children's Health, Infectious Diseases
The Emotional Toll of Food Allergies in Children
Help your child minimize anxiety about food allergies.
Anxiety, Children's Health, Food Allergies
Tips for Caring for Your Baby with a Cleft Lip and Palate
Here’s how parents can prepare for surgery to treat these common birth defects.
Babies, Plastic Surgery
Baby’s Hydrocephalus Relieved by Specialized Surgery
A procedure that began in Africa is now helping children in North Carolina.
Babies
Seven Ways to Keep Kids Healthy in Child Care
Do your research to help ensure a safe transition.
Children's Health, Infectious Diseases, Vaccines
Managing Your Child’s Diabetes
Age-specific guidelines for diabetes care.
Children's Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Health, Pediatric Medicine
Can Simply Smelling Peanuts Cause an Allergic Reaction?
A UNC allergist addresses the risk of airborne peanut allergies.
Children's Health, Food Allergies