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We have provided these links for families wanting additional information on treatments, lifestyle changes and vaccines. Some of the sites have relevant videos from the experts.
As board certified pediatricians our practice refers most questions to the American Academy of Pediatrics web site first and then to others on our list. The AAP site has information on illnesses, developmental issues and other health topics for all stages of your child's life.
Click on the title links below to go straight to the list of links related to that title or you can scroll down to the page link that you want to see.
Child Safety
Immunizations and Vaccines
Health Organization Web Sites
Additional General Health Information
Fun Web Sites for the Family
American Academy of Pediatrics page devoted to families. Parents can access immunization screening questionnaires, vaccine information, information on pediatric diseases, news articles and related resources.
This is a great site. It uses video as well as very up to date and interactive site information on vaccinating your children and the diseases that we continue to fight.
This site provides users with vaccine schedules, risk factors, and which vaccines are needed for travel.
The side bar on this web site offers users more than 20 vaccination profiles. Parents will also be able to find information on the science behind the vaccines. Web site is also in Spanish.
This site is committed to providing parents with the most up to date, scientifically valid information on immunizations.
American Academy of Pediatrics
Healthy Children (a site also from American Academy of Pediatrics)
From preemie to young adulthood the subjects are to numerous for us to list them all here. Vaccine information and schedules and many other answers to your questions are available at this site.
Just for Dad is the name of the page we have linked you to. At this page you can also move on to other topics including pregnancy, child birth, newborn care and safety along with newsletter sign up and other information parents of children will enjoy.
This site answers commonly asked questions about cord blood donation. It covers topics on how the cord blood is used, how to donate and what the NMDP is and its functions.
Pathway Awareness Foundation is a national non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about the benefit of early detection and therapy for children with early motor delays.
Information on Infant hearing.
Asthma Financial Assistance Program
Autism Society of America
Interactive Autism Project
The Family Cafe
Clearing house of information for families with disabilities.
All you need to do is go to the top right corner of the page and type in the illness in the box where it says, "My child has..." The page will then connect you to the right topic page.
This site has brief descriptions and common treatments for childhood diseases.
This is a guide book and video program with useful tools for family members of patients diagnosed with ADHD.
This is an ideal resource for parents, caregivers, and school faculty members in learning about ADHD.
This site gives you many tools to identify and help for a family member for substance abuse with substance abuse.
Explains what SIDS is and gives parents away to reduce the risk to their child. Also, it has many article links and resources.
Answers questions on allergies, signs and symptoms of asthma, treatments, tests, medications and 20 more resources you may access.
This site was set up for kids. It has a great way of explaining what a tumor is so that kids can understand what the doctor is talking about. It also has activities and resources for kids with brain tumors.
Online community for people with diabetes.
This is the site you want to use if you need any information on Diabetes. It is very comprehensive and will answer all of your questions.
The World Federation of Hemophilia has articles, personal stories and an ask the expert section.
Explains the disease, its treatment options and has more articles that are easily accessed through the web page. It also offers information on JA camps.
This site gives information on what HIV/AIDS is, how to live with someone who has the disease, how it is treated, a support section and many more links to other articles.
Published by the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
Up to date information on issues affecting children, teenagers, and their families.
General information on child/teen obesity and eating disorders parents may encounter with their children.
This is a very comprehensive site that is developed by the U.S. Department of Education. It has web links to many different organizations to help the parent help their child. It also has information on how to find grants and money for college.
The USDA put this site together and it is full of great information about eating the right foods. It has a section on how to eat right while you are pregnant and a section on how to balance your child's diet.
Provides information on risk factors, treatments and rapid tests.
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