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The following printable articles cover a range of health topics, with tips for parents, tips for kids and teens and recommended reading/viewing put together by the pediatric experts at CHOC. These articles are not meant to replace your child’s professional healthcare team, but rather, to supplement it by giving you helpful tips and tools all in one place.
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Good Nutrition: As Close As Your Plate!
The MyPlate diagram makes it easier to put nutrition recommendations into practice by focusing on one meal at a time.
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Sports supplements in youth athletes
Due to the potential health risks involved in consuming sports supplements, the American Academy of Pediatrics strongly condemns their use.
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Magnet Magic: Using magnets to treat babies and kids with hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus is a condition where there is a lack of absorption, blockage of flow, or overproduction of the cerebral spinal fluid (CSF).
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Melody Therapy at CHOC Improving Lives For Patients With Heart Disease
The new Melody Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve (TPV) Therapy is a less invasive procedure which can delay the need for open heart surgery.
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October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
There are many ways to commemorate National Down Syndrome Awareness Month, including sharing your own story of a loved one.
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How to decrease performance anxiety in young athletes
Q & A with Dr. Nadia Torres-Eaton, Pediatric Psychologist at CHOC on how to manage anxiety related to what we know as “stage fright.”
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Common Surgeries in Children – What Parents Should Know
Dr. Ali Kavianian explains what some of the most common surgeries in children are, and when to know when your child may need surgery.
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Sprained Ankle, When to Call the Pediatrician
The ankle is the most commonly sprained joint. If your child has a joint injury with excessive swelling or pain, consult your pediatrician.
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CHOC Program Provides Comprehensive Care for Children with Down Syndrome
CHOC’s Down Syndrome Program will focus on diagnosing and treating the complex medical aspects of Down syndrome.
Topics
- Allergies
- Anxiety
- Appendicitis
- Arthritis
- Artificial Intelligence
- Asthma
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Autism
- Bedwetting
- Bike and Helmet Safety
- Birth Defects
- Blood donations
- Bullying
- Cancer / Oncology
- Car and Travel Safety
- Celiac
- Child Life
- Cleft Lip
- Cochlear implants
- Cold and Flu
- Concussions
- Controlled Substances
- Coping with chronic illness
- COVID-19
- Critical Care
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Dentistry
- Depression
- Dermatology
- Diabetes
- Down Syndrome
- Driving
- Ear Infections
- Ears, Nose, Throat / Otolaryngology
- Eating Disorders
- Emergency
- Endocrinology
- Epilepsy / Seizures
- First Aid
- Food Allergies
- Fun Activities
- Gastroenterology
- Genetics
- Halloween
- Headaches
- Health
- Heart / Cardiology
- Hematology
- Hernia
- Holidays
- Home and Window Safety
- Hot Weather Safety
- Hydration
- Hygiene
- Immunizations / Vaccinations
- Immunology
- Infectious Disease
- Internet / Online Safety
- Lactation / Breastfeeding
- Leukemia
- Maternal-Fetal Care
- Medication
- Mental Health
- Metabolics
- Neonatology / NICU
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- New Year
- Nutrition
- Nutrition and Lactation
- Obesity
- Orthopaedics
- Outdoor Safety
- Palliative Care
- Parenting
- Pediatric Surgery
- Pharmacy
- PICU Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Plastic Surgery
- Primary Care / Family Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Psychosis
- Pulmonology
- Radiology
- Rare Disease
- Recipes
- Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy
- Rheumatology
- Safety
- School
- Scoliosis
- Screen Time and Social Media
- Seasonal
- Sexual Health
- Sleep Safety
- Sleeping
- Speech therapy
- Sports and Fitness
- Sports Medicine
- Suicide Prevention
- Summer Safety
- Sun Safety and Skin Protection
- Thanksgiving
- Tonsils
- Transition to Adult Health Care
- Traumatic Events
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Urology
- Vision / Ophthalmology
- Water Safety and Drowning Prevention