By Ann-Marie Brooks, M.D., F.A.A.P., Director of the Children’s Asthma Center; Pediatric Pulmonologist The pressure to ensure your child with asthma is safe and healthy can make anyone breathe uneasily. In our media-packed culture, it’s easy to let advice from [...]
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has the largest number of pediatric sickle cell patients in the country. And our emergency departments treat more kids than anyone else in the nation—more than 200,000 a year. What do these patients have in common [...]
By Dr. Margaret Strieper, D.O., Pediatric Cardiologist For many, the thought of a pacemaker recipient brings to mind someone who is older, someone who, after living most of a life, has a heart that is failing him or her. But [...]
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is easy to catch, and it hits us the same time of year as the flu. While most children and adults experience RSV as a common cold virus that they can treat at home, babies less than [...]
There are plenty of reasons not to eat out all of the time, ranging from eating healthier to spending more evenings at home with your family. But avoiding foodborne diseases may be the biggest reason to stay in for dinner. [...]
