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
Category: Children’s Health
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.
Your Teenager at the Doctor: What to Expect
Learn how health care providers help guide your child through adolescence.
Treatment Brings Hope to Children Facing Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a...
Neurologists can treat spinal muscular atrophy with a new and powerful drug.
Children's Health, Neurology, Pediatric Medicine, UNC Stories
A Guide to Treating Fever in Children
Learn what to do if your child has a high temperature.
How to Talk About Consent with Your Kids
With issues of sexual assault in the news, an adolescent health expert offers advice to parents on how to talk to their children.
A Destination for Treatment of a Rare Pediatric Cancer
Surgeon uses specialized chemotherapy treatment for children with desmoplastic small round cell tumor.
The Truth about Vaping: Podcast Episode 9
Sitting at a red light, you notice a large plume of vapor exuding from the car next to you. A slight creme brûlée smell hits your nose. That’s when you notice that the person puffing this sweet-smelling vapor appears to be a teenager. This episode of UNC Health Talk explores vaping through the lenses…
Addiction, Adolescent Health, Health, Lung Health, Podcast, Tobacco