Articles about Pediatrics
It may seem like school just ended, but as the beginning of the next school year draws closer, parents need to plan ahead to have their children see the family doctor, whether for immunizations, a sports physical or just an annual wellness check-up. In many cases, it’s a requirement if your child is attending school … Read more
Imagine your teenager comes in well after curfew. She apologizes, but says she was having fun. What do you do? Many parents would yell at their child about how worried they had been and that they didn’t know whether the teen was alright or not. Then they would ground the child. However, a parent using … Read more
We live in an age in which texting, messaging apps and social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook allow us to share every movement and every moment of our lives. While this connectivity is now firmly woven into the fabric of how we function as a society, there is a question of how much … Read more
When Summerville’s Landon Hartman turned eight in 2020, he knew he was living on borrowed time. Diagnosed with brain cancer the previous year, his family was suddenly pushed into a place where they cried a lot. They knew death was coming, and they were unable to stop it, and they had to watch the inevitable … Read more
It’s probably safe to say that every parent is officially sick of the word “virus.” And quite literally, actually. Between the perils of COVID and now the influx of respiratory syncytial virus and numerous cases of the flu, our children are running a fever and coughing up phlegm like it’s their job. We are in … Read more
The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued new sleep guidelines for babies. Infant deaths were reduced in the 1990s when it was first recommended to put babies on their back when they went to sleep. However, the decline in infant deaths has slowed since the late 1990s, and health care providers are now being encouraged … Read more