Health Topics

Help – I cannot get to the clinic for my new baby vaccines – What should I do? Firstly, congratulations on the birth of your new baby – an event to be enjoye...

Opinion regarding the best time to start a baby on solid foods has changed dramatically over the last 50 years, across the world there are many different phi...

Multivitamins aren't an absolute necessity for most healthy children who are on a satisfactory balanced diet – and who eat without too much fuss, and who are...

Every baby is unique and develops their motor, cognitive (learning), visual and auditory and speech and language skills at their own rate. Likewise language ...

The following describes what we know as of early February 2020 regarding the clinical presentation of patients with confirmed infection due to the Coronaviru...

Cause: Bronchiolitis is a common viral infection of the small airways (bronchioles). Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) causes 80% of these infections. Others...

If ever there was a topic inclined to raise strong feelings amongst parents, grandparents, healthcare workers and presumably babies themselves, then this is ...

Past studies have suggested a potential link between vitamin D deficiency in mothers of infants and the risk of developing an allergic condition such as ecze...

If ever there was a normal process in every child's development that causes major differences of opinion between children's healthcare workers and parents - ...

During winter the skin is particularly susceptible to the cold weather and the dry air. This can result in the skin showing signs of dryness, which in turn l...

Every day children under the age of five, which is the most vulnerable age, are admitted to hospital with serious burns. A burn can be caused by dry heat, by...

Do Toddlers Sleep? The good news is that once asleep, most toddlers sleep through most but not all nights, without waking mum, dad or brothers and sisters, e...

Headaches in children are common and usually aren't serious. Similar to adults, children can develop different types of headaches, including migraines or str...

For a child and their parents, gaining control over their bladder and bowel is a key developmental milestone like learning to walk and talk. Most children ...

What exactly is the belly button? During pregnancy the placenta and developing baby are connected to each other by the umbilical cord. The umbilical cord de...

The soft spot or fontanelle is another example of the amazing design of the human body. At birth there are several fontanelles or soft spots, but the front o...

Tic disorders are fairly common in children. Tics are involuntary movements which wax and wane. Tics tend to start in early life and can go on for several y...

Many babies have a watery discharge from one or both eyes for some time after birth. Some are caused by a blockage in one or both nasolacrimal (tear) ducts w...

Travelling, whether to a package holiday in Spain, or backpacking in North Africa has a new dimension when you take a young baby with you. If you are a par...

Chickenpox (varicella) is a common, childhood infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It’s most common in children and is usually mild, but can be v...