Kids (Page 13)

By their preteen and teen years, girls and boys grow out of a lot of things—baby dolls and toy trains are likely stored away. But one thing they don’t outgrow is vaccinations. Learn about the vaccines that are recommended for preteens and teens.

Are you thinking about adoption? Are you overwhelmed by the process and don’t know where to start? We’ve got the answer – our International Adoption Clinic.

Vascular lesions include birthmarks like hemangiomas. Most of these don't cause any problems, but your pediatrician should monitor them.

Hydronephrosis is the most common disorder identified in babies during prenatal ultrasounds. With this prenatal kidney condition, the baby has kidney swelling due to a buildup of fluid. In severe cases, the baby isn't urinating, and urine can back up in the body and compress kidney tissue.

It's a scene many parents know all too well: One moment your child is happy and active, enjoying a day on the playground or soccer field or gymnastics class. Then, she falls. She's sobbing that her arm hurts. It's swelling, and she screams when you try to move it. [caption id="attachment_10997"…

Jim Plews-Ogan, MD, is a great listener—he’s the kind of person who puts you, and the kids he treats, at ease. He’s been seeing my kids and listening to my concerns and their growing vocabulary for eight years, so it was a fun reversal to be the one asking the questions.

When we think of kids refusing to eat, we often think of the typical picky eater who wants candy, not vegetables. Or a toddler who suddenly shuns a favorite food. But for babies, toddlers and kids who were born prematurely, have birth defects or autism, feeding problems can go beyond that. They…

Editor's Note: James Plews-Ogan, MD, is a former pediatrician with UVA Children's. Diagnosed with ALS in December, he works to improve the prognosis for others with the disease. Read his story.  As a mother, this is the moment I hate to remember. It takes place in a cramped, white room.…

Nobody could have predicted what happened in the store that Friday afternoon. In an instant, 5-year-old Christopher stepped on his shoelace, tripped and fell into a metal clothing rack. The blunt metal end of it went into the right side of his neck, just under his chin.

Asthma is the most common chronic disease in kids. When kids who have it are exposed to triggers, such as the falling leaves that are everywhere in Charlottesville right now, their airways become inflamed, the muscles tighten and they produce more mucus. This makes it hard for air to go…