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INSTRUCTIONS: Please complete a worksheet for each family member for whom information is available. This includes a worksheet for you and one for your mate, as well as one for each sibling, niece, nephew, parent, aunt, uncle, first cousin and grandparent on both sides of ...

When your child has a neurological emergency, you want immediate help from a team of experts to get the best outcome possible. The Pediatric Neurocritical Care Program (PNCP) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital provides this timely, specialized care to critically ill children with neurological disorders ...

Constipation is a common problem in children that is often treatable at home. If your child goes one week with fewer than two poops, or his poop is hard or painful to pass, he may be constipated, according to the National Institute of Diabetes and ...

Sunburns or insect bites may feel like an inescapable part of summer, but both can be prevented. To protect your child’s skin, use the following tips: Apply and reapply. Sunscreen is not a one-and-done method of protection. “Sunscreen needs to be reapplied every two hours,” ...

Influenza, or the flu, is caused by one of several types of viruses that can spread quickly from person to person via airborne particles. If the particles are inhaled, they will travel down the trachea into smaller and smaller airways. At this point, protein spikes ...

Follow these chef-recommended tips to include more vegetables in your family’s diet. ...

Vitamin D is important for absorbing calcium, building strong bones and preventing fractures. It has also been associated with additional functions in the body, including maintaining the immune system. ...

In this article, we explain the difference between frenotomy and a frenectomy and how to know which one may help your child. ...

Somewhere between little and big comes the nearly teen or “tween”. The tween years range from age 8 to 14. ...

Don’t let a skin infection bench your young athlete. Skin-to-skin contact during play, open wounds and shared equipment can put children who play sports at risk for a skin infection, says Rachel Orscheln, MD, Washington University infectious diseases physician at St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Common ...