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10 Kid Diseases and Conditions Adults Can Catch Too
What ‘kid diseases’ do parents of sweet, germ-infested children need to watch out for? For more family health tips, visit P&G everyday!
7 tips for keeping your kids healthy during cold season
Keep those germs where they belong — in tissues and off your kids!
Stop spreading germs: Tips for parents and kids
It’s something all parents dread – a call from the school nurse telling you that your child is sick.
How Sick is Too Sick to Send Kids to School?
As the kids go back to school the germs will go with them.
‘Dirt is Good’: Why Children Need More Exposure To Germs
New parents often inundate themselves with information to ensure that their child is being properly cared for. Our world is a ceaseless source of information, and trying to determine what information will benefit our family and children’s well-being, and what is just being marketed to us for profit, can be an overwhelming and difficult process. NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro recently […]
5 Tricks to Staying Healthy When Your Grandkids Are Sick
Little kids are germ magnets! Here's how to keep from catching their colds when you're with them.
How to spot RSV in young children
Cold weather has many thinking about how to avoid germs. And that's especially the case when it comes to the parents of young children.
How to Make the End of Summer Better and Safer for Kids
Talk to Your Kids About Flu Prevention
Parents are being warned that their sweet little angels may actually be the face behind the flu. For a number of reasons, young children are generally more likely to spread the virus than are adults. Children usually have more contact with others, are undeniable germ magnets and tend have weaker immune systems, making them easy
When Your Child Has a Cold or Flu
When Your Child Has a Cold or Flu<br>Colds and influenza (flu) infect the upper respiratory tract. This includes the mouth, nose, nasal passages, and throat. Both illnesses are caused by germs called viruses, and both share some of the same symptoms. But colds and flu differ in a few key ways. Knowing more about these infections may make it easier to prevent them. And if your child does get sick, you can help keep symptoms from becoming worse<br>What Is a Cold?…
Are You Ready for Cold and Flu Season? — The Nanny Doctor
It is that time of year again, it starts with our little ones coming home from school with runny noses and small sneezes, slowly tissues get strewn throughout each room in the home and then, before you know it, the entire house is on quarantine! In the case of cold and flu season, one ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure! Here are some preventative tips to put into place now that will hopefully help the household avoid having to cure…
The Doctor is In! Your Cold and Flu Questions, Answered
The sounds of coughing, sneezing, and sniffling are inescapable this time year. It seems everyone you encounter has a cold. And with 15 million people affected by flu already, now is a perfect time to ask Boiron medical advisor Dr. Ken Redcross, a board-certified physician in internal medicine and founder of Redcross Concierge , about what you and your family can do to stay healthy<br>Why does my child get so many colds?<br>It’s completely normal for kids to experience as many as…
Can dirty smartphones make you sick?
Kuntzman's doctor told her that touching her phone, whether texting, dialing a number or surfing the Web, spread oil to the phone, which, in turn, spread to her face. Studies say our phones are frequently contaminated with fecal matter and bacteria, including MRSA, the antibiotic-resistant germ that can cause painful skin infections. Considering all the places we take our smartphones these days -- from the bathroom…
Are we too clean for our own good?
Americans have a need for cleanliness, especially when it comes to our children. But mounting research suggests our quest to be clean might make children sicker, not healthier<br>OMRF immunologist Eliza Chakravarty, M.D., said this groundswell of germophobic parenting and the tendency to create over-sterilized environments may keep children’s immune systems from developing adequate defenses<br>It’s called the ‘hygiene hypothesis,’ where scientists believe early exposure to…
How to Prevent Your Kids from Getting Food Poisoning
About 48 million people fall victim to the unpleasant illness each year. Follow these 6 steps to keep unwanted germs out of your food.
