Children’s Center

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am an athletic director at a middle school, and a new school year is almost here. I anticipate seeing an increase in ...

When it comes to sports and activities, what a child eats can affect performance. Sports nutrition focuses on not only on good eating habits, but ...

Kids are heading back into the classroom, and health care professionals say it's important to prepare for the first day of school by keeping up ...

With many teens heading back to school, peer pressure and academic expectations are once again a reality. These added pressures can cause ups and downs ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a health advisory, asking clinicians and public health departments to be on the lookout for infants ...

Asthma is a lung condition that causes swelling of the airways. It can make breathing difficult and trigger coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath. It's ...

Checking your child's hearing should be on your back-to-school list. Dr. Kelly Conroy, a Mayo Clinic audiologist, says children with an undiagnosed hearing issue can face ...

Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, pediatric infectious diseases specialist, and Dr. David Soma, pediatrician and sports medicine specialist, both with Mayo Clinic Children's Center, fielded questions from ...

Breastfeeding can be challenging, but help is available for new mothers. Lactation consultants, either at the hospital or through organizations like La Leche League, can ...

World Breastfeeding Week will be observed Aug. 1–7, which make this a good time to learn more about the importance of breastfeeding and ways to ...

Five-year-old Vincent Koenig is heading home from Mayo Clinic Hospital — Rochester, Saint Marys Campus, after making a miraculous recovery from a boating accident. The little ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter is 13, and her pediatrician recently reminded us that she should get the HPV vaccine because it can prevent cervical cancer. ...