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There is certainly no shortage of dieting, health, and nutrition advice out there today. Making sense of it all can be challenging. As a parent, when you decide you want to start adopting a healthier diet for your kids, where › Continue Reading
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an often misunderstood condition. Obsessions, as I like to explain to my younger patients, are thoughts that they can’t get out of their heads. Compulsions are the behaviors that they feel like they have to do. › Continue Reading
My son, Andy, is in seventh grade. He has blond hair, blue eyes and plays baseball. He also happens to stutter. While Andy has been in speech therapy for most of his life for varying reasons, he started working with › Continue Reading
Baby Food: What Parents Need to Know
The first year of a baby’s life is full of exciting milestones and parenting challenges. A baby’s first solid food experience is often a little of both! When I’m talking to new parents about their baby’s nutrition and particularly the › Continue Reading
Cancer in everyone – from infants to the elderly – is complicated. However, cancer in adolescents and young adults (AYA) presents a particularly unique set of challenges. This group, defined as 15-39 year olds, accounts for about five percent of › Continue Reading
In the middle of May 2014, out of nowhere, my son, Will, had a seizure. Little did we know that it wouldn’t be his last, nor how much our lives were about to change. Soon after, our pediatrician sent us › Continue Reading
“Juuling”: An Update on Teens and E-cigarettes
Staying current on teenage trends is a fleeting task – as soon as we learn about one, they’re onto something else. However, there is one trend that I want to flag for parents if you haven’t heard about it already: › Continue Reading
Recently, I joined some colleagues from Denmark and the US to publish a study. It found a higher risk of dementia in adults who were born with congenital heart disease (CHD). In particular, we discovered a significantly higher risk for › Continue Reading
Ear Tubes: What Parents Need To Know
Let’s take a look inside those ears. How many times have you heard that when you take your kids to the doctor? It’s a routine part of an exam and the key to determining if a patient has an ear › Continue Reading
Kidney stones are not just an adult problem. In fact, the number of children with kidney stones has increased four-fold in the last 15 years. What’s more, if your child gets one kidney stone, he’s 50% more likely to get › Continue Reading
Antibiotics Are Not Always the Answer
You’ve likely heard it from your doctor time and again: Antibiotics won’t work against a viral illness. But why not? That’s a good question, especially since we’re in prime cold and flu season right now. Virus Versus Bacteria As › Continue Reading
What does a healthy body look like? There is no straightforward answer. The media often tells us that an ideal, healthy body is thin and muscular. However, a healthy body varies extremely in both size and shape. For example, a › Continue Reading
Cincinnati Children’s Top 10 of 2017
2017 brought breakthrough research, plans for expansion and an unforgettable baby hippo to the lives of our patients and staff. Take a look back at some of the cool things that happened in 2017, listed in chronological order. Cincinnati Children’s › Continue Reading
If you have been to Burnet Campus lately you have probably noticed the exciting changes that happened in our main concourse over the past year or so. Crews have been hard at work making these areas bright, colorful, welcoming and › Continue Reading
Dear Heart Donor Family: That name seems so cold considering the role you now play in our lives. You saved our son’s life. We’ve thought about you a thousand times. We’ve wondered how you are coping. We know you miss › Continue Reading
Twenty years ago my son was born with a heart condition called tetralogy of Fallot. When I found out I was shocked and had a million questions fluttering through my mind. Gabe has a congenital heart defect? Something is wrong › Continue Reading
I was born with pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect and multiple aortopulmonary collateral arteries. To put it simple, I was born with a hole in the bottom half of my heart, no pulmonary valve, and lots of tiny arteries › Continue Reading
Now’s the time when families start considering and booking vacations for the summer. But for the parents of children with special needs, thinking about a vacation takes a whole other level of consideration and forethought. Many families want to go › Continue Reading
Bedwetting can be stressful and frustrating for the entire family. Parents may get discouraged when new treatments fail. And children often feel guilty, anxious and helpless when they are unable to stay dry at night. Further, they often have significantly › Continue Reading
It’s Not Too Late to Get a Flu Shot
This year’s flu season has officially begun, with widespread activity reported locally and by the CDC throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. At Cincinnati Children’s, we have seen a rise in patients with confirmed flu the past couple of weeks. › Continue Reading
14 Reasons to Call Your Newborn’s Doctor
As a new parent, bringing home a newborn is one of the most exciting moments in your life. But it’s also exhausting. There is so much to remember and you’re likely to be joyously sleep-deprived on top of it all. › Continue Reading
Keys to Safe Sledding
One of the fondest memories of winter for a child is often heading to the neighborhood hill after the first big snow for an afternoon of sledding with friends. There is no doubt that barreling down a snow-covered hill is › Continue Reading
Brrr — you know it’s cold outside when schools are canceling classes and parts of the country that normally don’t see snow are getting it. With the arctic-like temperatures outside, families are likely doing everything they can to keep warm. › Continue Reading
Whether your child wants to make an elite soccer team, get an ‘A’ on a test, or simply make more friends, healthy self-confidence plays a key role in making it happen. What’s exciting about kids’ self-confidence is that we, as › Continue Reading
