Children's & Teens Health Articles

Children and teens who have familial hypercholesterolemia can inherit it from one or both parents, and there are specific tests that can be performed in early life to identify the presence of this mutated gene.

It is not easy to be a parent. Children are a joy, but parenthood also means you'll have a lot of worries. It is always hardest when our little ones get sick. What should you know about the most common childhood diseases?

Breastfeeding has many potential benefits, as we all know by now. Have all the awareness campaigns made us lose sight of the very real risks and complications? Would you be able to tell if your baby was desperately hungry?

Healthy babies are born with naturally high hemoglobin levels that fall over the first six months of life. Sometimes, however, maintaining high hemoglobin levels of infancy is indefinitely necessary.

The kids who were sweetly playing together and holding hands just a few years ago may turn on each other during the adolescent years. Why, and what (if anything) should you do about it?

So, you're on your way somewhere with your baby in their stroller when they suddenly start crying inconsolably — and because picking your baby up stops you from getting to your destination, there's not much you can do? It's a challenge, for sure.

For "how not to parent 101", just refer to laptop dad, the guy who shot his daughter's computer on YouTube. Good parenting connects, rather than tears apart. What shouldn't you do while raising a teenager?

From the time we first welcome our new baby, we get the message that "screen time" is bad. It's also here to stay, however. How do TVs, computers, smartphones and tablets impact teens' emotional wellbeing?

Exposure to second hand smoke has serious health consequences for children. Recent studies suggest that the arteries of children exposed to passive smoking tend to become thicker. Read on to find out more about the study.

Most parents yell at their kids, but many would really like to stop this habit and find a form of discipline that is more constructive. Why should you stop yelling, and how do you get started?