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    Childhood Illness

    Get information about Osgood Slaughters disease, which causes bone inflammation below the kneecap.

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    Both warm and cool mist humidifiers accomplish the same thing -- getting moisture into the air.

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    Immunizations are one of the most significant and cost-effective advances in medicine.

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    Roseola is a very common viral illness. Find out when children who have it are contagious.

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    Childhood Illness

    If misused, Tylenol and other brands of acetaminophen have the potential for fatal injury to a toddler's liver.

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    Childhood Illness

    Scarlet fever is simply a "strep throat" with a rash.

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    Warts are not uncommon in children. Find out when they should be treated.

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    Pediatricians have different styles of managing ear infections, which are one of the more common infections in childhood.

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    Once your child is exposed to chickenpox, you won't know whether she has it for at least 10 days and for as long as 21 days.

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    Mental Health and Kids

    Read our expert's analysis of a six-year-old's nighttime wakefulness.

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    Childhood Illness

    When a child has this condition, he loses the bumps on the tongue that give it the normal rough appearance.

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    Childhood Illness

    Meningitis is a disease that is passed from person to person in close contact with mouth and nasal secretions.

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    Nutrition for Kids

    A mother seeks some guidelines for helping her obese nine-year-old lose weight.

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    More than 10 percent of infants and children do wheeze at some point in their childhood.

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    Children's Health

    Tips on what to do when your child consistently wakes up unhappy in the morning.

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    Nutrition for Kids

    A child who won't eat may be having a power struggle with the parent. Find out why the problem may not really be food-related.

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    Children's Health

    Find out why it's important to take antibiotics for the full ten days prescribed.

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    Children's Health

    To find other parents of children with CP, call your local or regional CP headquarters and explain your needs to them.

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