Physical Activity: A Key Ingredient to Keeping Kids at a Healthy Weight
About one in five (21 percent) Delaware children, ages 2-17, were obese in 2014, according to the most recent…
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Are Kids too Young to Wear Contact Lenses?
It’s actually not a matter of age when a child can wear contact lenses. What families need to consider…
Fueling Your Growing Athlete
It’s back to school time, and for some families, this may mean the start of a new sports season…
Vaccines: It Doesn’t Have to Hurt
Back-to-school is approaching fast. If you’re like many parents, that means back-to-school physicals and possibly vaccines or blood draws…
Caffeine-Related Death Offers Cautionary Tale
Recently, a 16-year-old high school student collapsed at school and was pronounced dead an hour later. Although no drugs…
For Kids with Scoliosis, Nemours Hosts 4th Annual Mentoring Event
This year marked the fourth time that patients and families gathered to share stories, common concerns, and inspiration at…
