Dr. Lilit Minasyan, who works in the Emergency Department at CHOC, offers the following tips to help prevent accidental household poisonings.
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How parents can help teens with serious or chronic medical conditions manage their health care
In health care matters, parents of teens must strike a delicate balance, especially when teens are old enough to make their own decisions.
Helping kids cope with separation anxiety
Separation anxiety often happens when toddlers make big transitions to new places, which is common, a psychologist at CHOC says.
Protect Your Child From Pneumonia
Pneumonia, an inflammation or infection of the lungs, is a serious condition that can be prevented, a CHOC infectious disease specialist says.
Healthy New Year’s Resolutions for Kids
Ring in the new year with these healthy resolutions for your kids, from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
How to build a basic first aid kit at home
Dr. Mary Jane Piroutek, an emergency department physician at CHOC shares a list of supplies to include in your basic first aid kit.
Tips to Keep Your Family Active During the Holiday Break
Be sure to check out the following tips to keep your little ones, and adults alike, healthy and active during the holidays.
Hand Sanitizers: Fact or Fiction?
Hand sanitizers are ubiquitous lately – as are myths surrounding them. A CHOC infectious disease specialist comes clean on fact and fiction.
How to Help Babies with Reflux
Some baby spit-up is a fact of life for parents of infants, but a baby who spits up a lot or often may have reflux, a CHOC pediatrician says.
World’s First “Infusionarium” Comes to CHOC
The CHOC Infusionarium is the first program of its kind to combine immersive video technology with life-saving infusion therapy
Hernia Repair: Quick and Common
A common procedure, hernia repair is typically an outpatient surgery, meaning the child can go home the same day as the surgery.
Protect Children with Asthma from Colds, Flu
Viruses more often than not will worsen asthma, says Dr. Wan-Yin Chan, a CHOC allergist/immunologist because of extra stress on airways.
