Children's Health


Advancing Treatment of Gastro Disorders in Children

About 25 percent of the more than 1.4 million Americans with Crohn’s and colitis are children. These young patients often deal with health, developmental and...

July 8, 2015 / 3 min read


A Link Between Asthma and Peanut Allergies?

A study suggests that children with asthma should be tested for peanut allergy or peanut sensitivity, but allergists and family practice physicians warn that testing...

July 6, 2015 / 3 min read


A Link Between Asthma and Peanut Allergies?

  Parents of children with asthma can feel helpless when they watch their child gasp for air, unable to supply his or her body with...

July 6, 2015 / 3 min read


Summer Homework: Keeping Kids Hydrated

Keep these “DOs” and “DON'Ts”  in mind to prevent your child from becoming dehydrated.

July 2, 2015 / 2 min read


Restful Nights: Help for Kids’ Sleep Disorders

Not enough or poor sleep can reduce a child’s ability to learn and think, as well as interfere with proper immune system functioning.

June 29, 2015 / 3 min read


Summertime Tips for Keeping Kids Safe

The Florida Health Department urges parents to take simple steps to create a safer home environment and prevent the five leading causes of home injury...

June 22, 2015 / 2 min read


Watch Now: Day of Smiles at Baptist...

(VIDEO: A life-changing Saturday morning at Baptist Children’s Hospital as 20 local children receive corrective cosmetic surgeries during Day of Smiles.) For the 14th year,...

June 13, 2015 / 1 min read


Family-Centered C-sections: A New Birthing Experience (Video)

As Rina Verschoor prepared to welcome her second child at the Family Birthing Suites at West Kendall Baptist Hospital, a quick look around her hospital...

May 26, 2015 / 3 min read


5 Melanoma Myths

  Many see developing skin cancer as “no big deal,” compared with other forms of cancer, but for the 73,870 Americans who will be told this...

May 4, 2015 / 4 min read


Watch Now: Day of Smiles to Change...

(VIDEO: Gabriela Trimarchi and her doctors share the story of her transformation through the Baptist Children’s Hospital “Day of Smiles”) Gabriela Trimarchi is like most...

May 1, 2015 / 1 min read