Children's Health

Recurrent pains in children are very common, with the head and belly being two of the more common sites.

Learn what our expert has to say about how long a child should stay home from school when he has a fever.

Despite an egg allergy, your child should probably be vaccinated against measles.

There is no need to be overly worried about an extra DPT immunization.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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