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Posted by: Laura Dattner, MA on Jun 12, 2025

Backyard playsets offer hours of fun, but without proper setup and supervision, they can lead to injury. Discover expert tips on choosing safe equipment, creating a secure play space, and preventing common hazards to keep outdoor play safe and enjoyable.

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Sunscreen and Kids: What Parents Need to Know

Summer fun is here, but are you protecting your child’s skin the right way? Discover essential sunscreen tips, safe application techniques, and extra sun protection strategies to keep your little one safe from harmful UV rays.

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Regular emergency preparedness drills aren’t just games, they're vital to ensuring we are ready to respond quickly and efficiently when disaster strikes. Here’s what parents should know about these important simulations and how they protect your children and loved ones.

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Pediatric News You Can Use From America’s Largest Pediatric Hospital and Research Center

700 Children’s® features the most current pediatric health care information and research from our pediatric experts – physicians and specialists who have seen it all. Many of them are parents and bring a special understanding to what our patients and families experience. If you have a child – or care for a child – 700 Children’s was created especially for you.

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How to Navigate the Internet for Health Information

Jun 05, 2014

If you’re like me, then you have used the internet to search for health related information – A LOT. One report indicated that Americans spend an average of 52 hours a year obtaining information from the internet, but actually only visited with a physician 3 times a year. Read More

Got a Cough? Hold the Antibiotics!

Jun 03, 2014

I was a pediatrician before I was a parent. It sounds funny to say, but I was helping parents comfort their own kids before I had the experience of being up all night with a sick kid. Read More

Why You Should Use a Spacer with a Pediatric Inhaler?

May 29, 2014

A spacer resembles a cylindrical tube creates “space” between your child’s mouth and the medicine. This space helps the medicine break into smaller droplets which can move easier and deeper into the lungs and therefore works very well to help your child breathe better. Read More

What is Allergy Induced Asthma?

May 22, 2014

For many people with asthma, spring can be a very challenging time of the year. Rapid changes in the weather and lingering upper respiratory viruses can both cause breathing difficulties. Read More

Treating Crohn's Disease with Nutrition Therapy

May 20, 2014

If you could treat your child’s Crohn’s disease with nutrition therapy instead of medication, would you do it? What if the nutrition therapy mostly involved drinking nutritional shakes instead of eating foods? Well, nutrition therapy is an effective treatment for Crohn’s Disease Read More

Anxiety and Food Allergies

May 15, 2014

When parents learn of their child’s food allergy, it is common to feel overwhelmed, frightened and even depressed. As with many things in life, knowledge and experience ease the initial fright. Read More

Safe Airplane Travel With Your Child

May 13, 2014

It’s finally spring and the vacation-planning season has officially begun. I just booked our summer trip, and after 15 hours of pure torture in the car last summer, this year we decided to fly. Read More

New Cardiac MRI Leads to Better Diagnosis

May 05, 2014

Imagine a device that allows physicians to see how a patient’s brain responds when the patient performs basic mental tasks. Or a machine that provides 3-D images of a patient’s heart with details so sharp, technicians can use them to create a movie of the heart as it works. Read More