Helping Children Cope with Scary News
Learn how to talk to your children about frightening current events and process your own fears in a healthy manner.
Category: Children’s Health
Does Your Child Have Fifth Disease?
By the time this virus’s distinctive rash appears, your child is already on the mend.
The Emotional Toll of Food Allergies in Children
Help your child minimize anxiety about food allergies.
Allergies, Children's Health, Eating Disorders, Food Allergies, Health, Mental Health, Pediatric Medicine
Should You Have Your Tonsils Removed?
Tonsillectomies are among the most commonly performed operations in the U.S.—but aren’t necessary for every tonsil infection.
Children's Health, Ear, Nose, and Throat, Pediatric Medicine
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.
Children's Health, Otolaryngology/ Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatric Medicine, Plastic Surgery, UNC Children's, UNC Stories
Five Tips for Avoiding Youth Sports Injuries
More than 3.5 million kids under age 14 are sidelined by sports injuries every year. But there are steps your young athlete can take to help prevent them.
Adolescent Health, Children's Health, Physical Therapy, Sports Medicine
Baby’s Hydrocephalus Relieved by Specialized Surgery
A procedure that began in Africa is now helping children in North Carolina.
Babies, Brain Health, Children's Health, Health, Pediatric Medicine, Surgery, UNC Children's, UNC Stories
Seven Ways to Keep Kids Healthy in Child Care
Do your research to help ensure a safe transition.
Babies, Children's Health, Families, Health, Immunity, Infectious Diseases, Pediatric Medicine, Wellness
Managing Your Child’s Diabetes
Age-specific guidelines for diabetes care.
Children's Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Health, Pediatric Medicine
Challenges and Hope for Girls and Women with Turner Syndrome
This chromosomal condition causes short stature and a lack of ovarian development.
Children's Health, 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…
Children's Health, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Pediatric Medicine
IBD in Children and Teens
Living with inflammatory bowel diseases can be especially difficult for younger patients.