When parents hear neck pain and fever in the same sentence, the immediate concern is possible meningitis. There is the call to the doctor’s office or the rush to the emergency room especially after an outbreak of meningitis. The panic can be overwhelming for the general and medical community. Here is what you should know. [...]
A midnight bathroom run reveals your teen’s light is still on and you can hear the clicking of their cell phone as they text their way into the night. It finally dawns on you why your teen is always so tired even though they seem to be in bed on time. You think, “Darn, I [...]
Summer is coming and your teens are excited to be rid of homework and getting up early every day to be somewhere they don’t always want to be. However, the lifestyle they yearn for is the same lifestyle that will put the pounds on faster than you can say, “First day of school.” So just [...]
After a great workout, there’s a feeling of euphoria. And if your teen like so many people out there has struggled to just move, you better believe there is a sense of accomplishment. So there is no surprise that your face wrinkles when on the way home you stop for coffee and your teen asks [...]
So your teen has completely turned their sleep schedule around and now they’re awake at night and sleepy in the day. They’re falling asleep in class if they’re able to wake up and go at all. The frustration of having your teen’s grades drop and possibly get kicked out of school because of missed school [...]
No one understands the importance of sleep more than the parent of a newborn, but teen parents should be a close second. Teens need more sleep than they get. When they try and get more, they catch up all wrong complicating the issue of their sleep deprivation so much it can lead to insomnia. Teens [...]
Now that the healthcare bill has been signed, there are a few things that will take place immediately. Your teen will be covered under your plan until the age of 26 years old. This comfortably covers the teen years. Now, teens are some of the healthiest people in the United States. Sure some of them [...]
The FDA recently approved the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine for boys ages 9-26 years. It has already been approved for girls ages 9-26 years. The vaccine includes the HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18 which are major contributors to the development of vulvar, vaginal, cervical, anal, penal cancers and genital warts. Although it is [...]
Being a teen is certainly about figuring out who you are, but it starts by being like everyone else. The last thing you want to do is be different, look different or require any different or specialty treatment. For teens with disfiguring or medically intensive treatment, the struggle deals with the desire to be like [...]
Chest pain, heart palpitations, difficulty breathing and left arm pain, all sound like symptoms of a heart attack, but these are symptoms of a panic attack seen in teens with anxiety. Panic attacks are common when people feel frightened or nervous about a situation. Panic attacks can feel just like a heart attack. However you [...]
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