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Parents of picky eaters are increasingly replacing vegetables with dietary supplements. Doctors warn there could be real risks.
Half of US parents give their kids supplements like fish oil and probiotics, a poll found. One doct…
Allana Akhtar  Â
Melatonin overdoses in kids skyrocketed in the last decade, CDC report says
Two children died in the last decade after taking too much melatonin and more than 27,000 children …
Allana Akhtar  Â
Twins conjoined at the head were separated after a rare 12-hour surgery, meaning they can see each other for the first time
The one-year-olds had been joined at the back of the head at birth. The surgery was one of 20 ever …
Marianne Guenot  Â
The Delta variant may be making COVID-19 more common in kids - but severe infections are still rare
Disease experts say there's no reason to believe that the Delta variant causes more severe outcomes…
Aria Bendix  Â
8 easy and fun exercises to get your kid moving, according to a pediatrician
Getting adequate amounts of exercise is important for kids' overall growth and health. Here are fun…
Erin Heger,Dipesh Navsaria  Â
After finding out she has cancer, I'm teaching my daughter to swear at her tumor. It's the right amount of anger and deviance she needs to keep going.
The author says that after her 8-year-old daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumor, she asked if s…
Heather Osterman-Davis  Â
A rare condition in children, which doctors fear is linked to the coronavirus, has been recorded in around 100 kids across 6 countries
A child condition combining toxic shock and symptoms similar to the inflammatory Kawasaki disease i…
Mia Jankowicz  Â
Omicron is a 'different beast' in kids, but it doesn't seem more dangerous, disease experts say
The United States recorded nearly 1 million child COVID-19 cases last week — its highest weekly cou…
Aria Bendix  Â
Pediatric hospital beds are filling up as RSV spreads across the US. Here are the symptoms to look out for and who's most at risk of getting seriously ill.
Difficulty breathing and dehydration could be signs that a child is sick with RSV, doctors say.
Catherine Schuster-Bruce  Â
An American woman gets reportedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant
The woman dubbed as the New York patient is also the third person in the world to be cured of HI…
A cough medicine that looks like candy can quickly kill young kids. The FDA has warned of a spike in children unintentionally being poisoned in recent years.
A young child can choke and have seizures soon after ingesting just one benzonatate pill, a nurse a…
Catherine Schuster-Bruce  Â
5 ways to bring down your baby's fever with medicine, a cold compress, and more
Though you can treat a fever with acetaminophen, hydration, and more, be sure to look out for signs…
Madeline Kennedy,Jason McKnig…  Â
How to get rid of a stuffy nose using a humidifier, medicine, a neti pot, and more
A stuffy nose is often caused by the flu, allergies, or even pregnancy - here's how to handle your …
Joanne Pearce,Graham Snyder  Â
How a 29-year-old went from studying culinary arts to prescribing food as medicine at America's largest supermarket chain
Baker was in that role for a few years before she started working with Kroger Health president Coll…
Lydia Ramsey  Â
A professor of medicine explains why eating fat won't make you fat - but sugar will
The evidence lies in studies that have compared people on low-fat, high-carb diets with people on l…
Erin Brodwin  Â
A cancer treatment that's part of 'a big new field of medicine' just got approved
Epstein left Novartis in 2016 as CEO of its pharmaceuticals divisions. He's now the executive chair…
Lydia Ramsey  Â
A professor of medicine explains why he hasn't quit diet soda - but never drinks the regular kind
Observational studies follow large groups of people over long periods of time and don't control for…
Erin Brodwin  Â
I spent 12 hours at a hospital in the heart of Brooklyn - and saw what the future of medicine could look like
"We are a community, and we serve people who elsewhere on the planet today are killing each other l…
Lydia Ramsey  Â
A medical breakthrough that hacks genes to fight cancer just got approved, and it's the beginning of 'a big new field of medicine'
For one, the treatments will have to treat more types of cancer than the one approved on Wednesday.…
Lydia Ramsey  Â
A new kind of doctor's office charges a monthly fee and doesn't take insurance - and it could be the future of medicine
There are also logistical hurdles that present challenges. For example, Eskew said that in the eyes…