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Children’s Health

How To Choose Best Hand Sanitiser For Kids

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Best Hand Sanitiser For Kids

Learn how to choose the best hand sanitizer for kids, as clean hands are vital for the overall health of your kids. This is especially important with the current COVID-19 pandemic, to save yourself and your li’l ones from infection with a few basics hygiene tips, keeping clean hands being number one of them! That’s … Read more

Help! My Child Has Ringworm

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When Dr. Kelly Watson adopted a kitten, Spooky, a few years ago, she thought she saw a funny bald patch on one of Spooky’s littermates. She forgot all about it—until a week later when she and her two children and the kitten all got ringworm. It’s a contagious contamination—not a real worm—that causes the irritated rash and … Read more

What If My Child Has a Birth Defect?

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What If My Child Has a Birth Defect?. When you’re pregnant or trying to become pregnant, new worries are part of the territory, including this one: “What if my child has a birth defect?” Family ancestry can be a hazard factor, and absolutely if a planned mother or father—or a kin—has a birth imperfection, a … Read more

2020 Census Facts

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Census 2020 is coming up soon! Ensure you, your neighbor, and your locale are set up to round out your structures come registration day on April 1, 2020. The impacts from the aftereffects of the enumeration will be felt by each individual living in the United States for the following 10 years! Your voice should … Read more

Teens and Endometriosis: Why Does My Period Hurt So Bad?

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Your monthly period hurts. Period. That’s the message teenage girls often hear. “A lot of times, that is a very normal part of those early periods,” said Dr. Erin Latif, an OB/GYN at Augusta University Health. And a lot of times, that’s why teen girls don’t talk about when their periods really, really hurt—when the next month feels … Read more

Is It OK to Cut or Crush Pills for My Child?

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When your child’s sick, all you want is for them to take their medicine so they can start feeling better. But learning how to take pills isn’t always easy. Says Kelley Norris, a pediatric critical care specialist and the pediatric pharmacy team supervisor, “I have three children who are 13, 14 and 16. The 14-year-old couldn’t swallow … Read more