Children's Health

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.

What can a mother do to help her daughter eat right and get some exercise?

Although much research is being done, no one knows what causes the skin condition known as vitiligo.

A mother asks how she and her husband can motivate their daughter to get to the next level in sports.

There is not an exact age that is appropriate for switching a child to an "adult" doctor.

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

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.

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

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