Children’s Center - February 2016 Archives

A vaccine to fight HPV (human papillomavirus) has proven to be effective. A study released in Pediatrics shows a sharp decrease in the number of HPV cases within the six ...

A new Canadian study recommends giving vitamin D supplements to children who are still breast-feeding after their first birthday, in an effort to prevent health problems. ...

The flu season is ramping up. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), activity of the influenza virus is increasing and widespread ...

Whooping cough (pertussis) is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection marked by a cough so severe it chokes away the ability to breath. It's especially important ...

Bone health is important throughout our lives ... but it's crucial during childhood ... when we acquire nearly all of our bone mass. Building healthy ...

E-cigarettes are big business. Some people who want to try vaping may have questions about safety. Right now, there aren't many definitive answers from scientific ...

One year ago this month, teams of Mayo Clinic physicians were making complex plans to save a little girl with a very special heart. Baby Kieran had not yet ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The incidence of childhood and adult obesity has increased significantly over the past three decades. New research shows that there is an ...

News reports about health and medicine are often informative and useful. But sometimes, health news can miss the point or be misleading ... leaving you wondering ...