Raising a Healthy Child

University of Wisconsin gives a news story about the effect of child abuse on the normal development of the brain. Cites information from a recent study.

Learn about all the different diseases you can get by smoking. Smoking increases your chances of heart disease, smoke, and lung cancer, to name just a few. Find out the link between impotence and smoking, as well as to bronchitis and...

This interview with Jim Lehrer of PBS NewsHour examines the impact of scientific research which has revealed that the brain develops most in a child's first three years of life.

The American Heart Association provides a general overview of the health affects of high blood pressure in children. Contains links to related sites.

BabyCenter offers a brain image which provides information about what different areas of the brain control in a child.

Video on how the Smallpox disease affected children and shares the heartbreaking story of one family in 18th-century England who lost several children to the deadly disease. [1:31]

Many medicines come in bottles with special child-proof caps so that small children can't accidentally open the bottle and eat the pills. To a small child who can't read the label, the pills might look just like candy. This project helps...

This site contains an article that discusses ten things that parents can do to provide a healthy, stimulating environment for their baby's brain development.

This article on children and whooping cough is organized into the following sections: "Pertussis (Whooping Cough)," "Prevention, When to Call Your Child's Doctor, and Professional Treatment," and "Home Treatment." Learn what makes the...

Find information on acute and chronic pain from symptom recognition to assessment and diagnosis to treatment and long-term outcomes. The information has come from many sources and has been adapted in collaboration with the Pain Centre at...