Children's & Teens Health Articles

It's a common observation among parents of children who have ADHD. Attention deficit disorders don't interfere with TV or video games.

A study published in the May 2011 edition of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports that teenaged boys eat more after they play video games and less when they relax.

Friday 18 March 2011 the Tobacco Products Science Advisory Committee urged the US Food and Drug Administration to remove menthol cigarettes from the American market, due to their effects on children, African-Americans, and American Hispanics.

When parents place a hand on a child's forehead and feel fever, it's a natural impulse to go to the medicine cabinet and get the children's chewable Aspirin or children's Tylenol. But stopping fever may prolong a child's infection, experts say.

You may have heard that Aspirin isn't safe for kids — but why is that, when can they start taking it, and what painkiller should children use instead of Aspirin?

If you are blessed to have an active child who spends his or her day away from the television, computer, and Wii, you probably will need to provide healthy snacks once or twice or even three times a day to keep energy levels high and attention focused

Turner's syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality characterized by an absence of all or part of one X chromosome. It has been described in many species, including humans, mice and horses.

Leukemia is the most common type of cancer diagnosed in children. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of disease, is caused by mutations that occur during fetal development. Treatment options now get better, and survival rates improve.

Nail biting is a very common habit that mostly affects kids but it can be present in adults and older people too. about it is manifested by biting one's fingernails or toenails during periods of nervousness, stress or boredom.

Scoliosis is a form of spine deformity where a lateral or side spine curves. The spine may curve to the left or right.