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Easy-Access Drugs That Teens Abuse

Your teen's "high" may be as close as your medicine cabinet.

Help Your Child Cope With Dyslexia

Emotional support and opportunities for achievement are important for children with this learning disorder. Here's how you can help.

The Problem of Teens and "Sexting"

This risky behavior affects teens nationwide. Find out how and what to do.

Why Is Whooping Cough Back?

With around 18,000 new cases this year, health experts are calling the outbreak the most serious in 50 years. Here's how to protect your family.

Traumatic Brain Injury: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

It can result from a car accident or even a bad fall. Here's what you should know.

Summertime Activities to Get Kids Moving

"Neighborhood Olympics" is just one of our fun suggestions for keeping kids active.

Health by the Numbers: Children's Health

As kids grow and change, so, too, do their physical and emotional needs. Here's a look at children's health by the numbers.

Help Your Teen Cope With Anxiety

As many as 25 percent of teens suffer from a form of anxiety. Use these tips to help your child cope.

Everyday Fitness

Follow these easy tips to make exercise part of your daily routine.

How to Improve Your Morning Routine

Mornings are hectic. This checklist has quick and easy ideas you can start incorporating into your routine to day.

A Dozen Healthy Family Ideas for Breakfast, Lunch, and Snacks

Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day for your family, but lunch is important too, not to mention snacks. Here are essential nutrition tips from a top expert.

ADHD in the Classroom

For students, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can present a host of unique challenges and opportunities.

ADHD and Obesity: What's the Connection?

A national study suggests that kids with ADHD have double the chance of being overweight. Find out why.

5 Ways to Help Your Child Succeed

Learn important strategies to help your child flourish in the classroom and beyond.

Adult ADHD Survival Tips

Living with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) can be a challenge, but these tips can make it easier.

6 Easy Ways to Beat the Heat

Keeping cool on hot summer days isn't only a matter a comfort—it's vital for good health and even survival.

Flu Prevention 101

Follow these tips to minimize your chances of catching the flu this year.

10 Healthy, Kid-Friendly Kitchen Must-Haves

Almond butter. Sweet potatoes. Avocados. Jicama. Keeping foods like these on hand will help your child look at healthy eating as less of a chore and more of a choice.

7 Health Tips From the Teacher

Success in the classroom starts at home. Here's how to ensure your child is physically and emotionally prepared to take on the school day.

Is Your Child's Brown Bag Lunch Safe to Eat?

Here are recommendations that will keep your child's brown bag from spoiling, and possibly making her sick.

Do Violent Video Games Make Kids Violent?

Violent video games have been blamed for school shootings, increases in bullying, and violence towards women. What do the experts have to say?

Anemia: The Most Common Nutritional Deficiency

Too little iron in the body can affect many body functions, but most physical signs and symptoms don't show up until iron deficiency anemia occurs.

Teens, Driving, and Texting: A Fatal Mix

It's imperative to communicate effectively with your teen about the dangers of texting and driving. But how to get the message through? Here's what to do.

How to Handle National Grief

Here are tips for working through grief in a healthy way when it involves an entire community.

5 Keys to Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids

Strong parenting and emotional well-being are closely connected. Dr. Gerald Newmark, author of the book "How to Raise Emotionally Healthy Children," offers his top child-rearing strategies.

Wake Up to the Truth Behind Sleepwalking

If you're living with a sleepwalker, here's what you should know before your child takes his next nighttime stroll.

Give Back: Volunteer to Help Kids

Giving a little bit of your self can make an enormous difference in the life of a sick child. Here are some ideas to get you started.

New Food Plate Guidelines: Healthy Eating Made Easy

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has unveiled a new icon that it hopes will make choosing nutritious foods easier for Americans.

Teen in Need of Losing Weight? Get a Dog

A new study finds that teens with dogs log more exercise per week as compared to their canine-free counterparts.

Basal Cell Carcinoma: Causes, Symptoms, Treatments

Did you know that basal cell carcinoma is the most common kind of cancer in America? It can ravage your skin and even cause disfiguration if not treated properly. Be sure you know how to detect and deal with signs of this skin cancer.

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