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What Are Cochlear Implants and How Do They Help a Child’s Hearing?
What is a cochlear implant? A cochlear implant is a device implanted into the inner ear to directly stimulate the hearing nerve. Cochlear implants may be needed when hearing aids no longer work for a child.
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What is Anxiety? How can I Help?
School, friends, work, social media, relationships, grades and sports. All of these are triggers for stress in a youth’s day-to-day life. But what is the difference between being worried and having anxiety disorder?
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Why Hasn’t My Child Hit Puberty?
When your child doesn’t ‘hit puberty’ at the expected time, he or she may have delayed puberty. This means their body hasn’t started to mature in terms of sexual development at the typical age.
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Can Antibiotics Help Your Child’s Ear Pain?
It is late at night and your child wakes up with a horrible scream. She is holding her ear, crying and is unable to be consoled. You’ve given her ibuprofen. You’ve given her acetaminophen. These over-the-counter medications help a little, but she is still sobbing, asking you to do something to make it better.
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Making New Year's Resolutions? Try Mental Fitness!
We know mental health is just as important as physical health. Here are some ways you can keep your brain in shape as a family!
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Scrub a Dub Dub: Keeping Kids Safe in the Bathtub
Bath time is a great time to develop a routine as well as bond and play with your infant or toddler. Most children love to play in the water, sing songs and play with bath toys. While bath time can be a time for bonding, it is also important for parents and caregivers to make safety a priority.
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Supporting Your Teen: Parenting Strategies for Today’s Challenges
Parenting a teenager is a hard job and can be overwhelming for both parents and their kids. Teens are learning to manage emotional shifts, hormonal changes, and increasing independence.
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Menstruation in Adolescents: The Importance of Using Menses as a Vital Sign
Adolescence is a time of many new things – including puberty changes and the onset of menstruation. A first period can be an exciting experience, but one that may cause some anxiety for young women and their caregivers.
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How to Treat and Prevent Chapped Lips
Dry, chapped, irritated lips are more than just unsightly – they can be painful as well. Unfortunately, many of us are used to this feeling and see our kids suffer too.
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Household Cleaners and Eye Injuries: The Importance of Safe Storage
Household cleaning products represent a major source of exposures reported to U.S. poison control centers, and they commonly involve the eyes, especially among children.