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Health and Fitness: - from allergies and jabs to disabilities

Parenthood is a terrifying business. Is your child's sniffle a cold, or the start of something more serious? Is your teenager's dieting a healthy step or the onset of an eating disorder? Our experts offer advice on everything from allergies and anorexia to headlice and hidden disabilities.

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Health & Fitness News
Click here for a full listing of all the news stories we've written on health and fitness issues.

Diet & Health
Boosting immunity through diet
Hyperactivity & Diet
Failure To Thrive
Constipated baby
Help your overweight teen
Teenagers and diets
Carb-free diet and teenagers
Eating for exercise
Is swallowing gum bad for you?

Skin Health
Eczema: managing the condition
Pre-teen pimples
Are freckles dangerous?
When to start Tetracycline

Allergies & Food Intolerance
Children and allergies
Milk and wheat intolerance
Gourmet dairy-free diet
Lactose intolerant?
Allergy-restricted diet at Xmas

Speech
Slow speech development
Lisping 5-yr-old
Trouble with L and R sounds
Trouble with S, Sh and Ch sounds



Specific Illnesses
Norovirus
Chickenpox

Health Issues: Babies
Cradle Cap
Croup
Clicky Hips
Sticky Eyes
Possetting
Baby's runny nose
MMR jab and egg allergies
Colic
Cot death anxiety
Constipated baby

Health Issues: Toddlers 1-4 Years
Holding in - bladder problems
Anoxic Seizures
Foreskin hygiene
Bandy Legs
Weak reflux valve
Toddlers and headlice
Facial disfigurement
Chickenpox

Health Issues: Primary Age 4-9 Years
Can a 7-yr-old be anorexic?
Prescribed glasses for the first time
Russell-Silver syndrome
Persistently runny nose
Glue ear
Worms
Scabies

Chickenpox

Health Issues: Pre-Teens 9-13 Years
Long-term effects of wearing glasses
Persistant headlice
Only one breast growing
Pill for painful periods
Making space for wisdom teeth
Slapdash dental hygiene

Health Issues: Teenagers 13+
Anorexia - signs and symptoms
Bulimia - signs and symptoms
Healthy attitudes to food and body image
Period pain and PMT
Glandular Fever
Late onset of periods
When only one breast is growing
Teens and depression
Teenage toothgrinding

Hidden Disabilities - Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADD, ADHD, Autism & Aspergers
Is my toddler dyspraxic?
Help for hidden disabilities
ADD & Ritalin
Asperger's at High School
Autistic or just awkward?
What is Asperger's?
ADHD and toddlers
5-yr-old diagnosed with ADD
Children with ME

 

 

Please note: The medical and health-related information on this site is not intended as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. In the event of any physical or mental condition, the advice of a qualified doctor or other health professional without delay. Do not postpone medical treatment while awaiting a response from this site.
Talk About It! If you have a health, diet or fitness issue you'd like to talk to other parents about, click here for our reader forums.


Dental Health
Teeth cleaning tips for toddlers
First visit to the dentist
Late teething in toddlers
Dealing with dental phobia
Fluoride and fluorosis fears

Ask Our Members
Headlice
Vomit
Period Pain and PMT

Fitness
Healthy exercise and toddlers
What to do when your kids hate sport
Getting teens off the sofa
PE and school

Smoking & Drugs
Pre-teens and smoking
Underage drinking: 6 Facts
Drinking responsibly
Teenagers and smoking
Warning signs of drug use
Talking to teens about drugs
Smoking cannabis
Marijuana and motivation
Drugs and the law

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