News and Articles

Brooding Teen Girls
Teenage girls actually brood more than their male counterparts, with negative psychological consequences. A recent study found that girls are more likely to ruminate on negative events, making them more vulnerable to depression in adolescence than boys.

Smart Ways to Manage Kids' Food Allergies
Wesley Burks, MD, Chief of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Duke University, is quoted in this U.S. News & World Report blog entry about the increasing number food allergies among children. “You want to have a healthy respect for the disease,” he said. “But you don’t need to let it control your family’s lives, either.”

Childhood Vaccination Schedules
Emmanuel (Chip) B. Walter, MD, MPH, describes when and why your child should get vaccinations.

Vaccines and Autism
Samuel L. Katz, MD, co-creator of the measles vaccine and Chairman Emeritus of Pediatrics discusses the truth about the relationship between vaccinations and autism.

Back to School
For approximately 24 million children across the country, the school day begins and ends with a ride on the bus. Statistics show that traveling to school by bus is one of the safest modes of transportation.

Teen Acne Treatments
Acne affects more than 85 percent of teenagers. Some cases require a specialist, but many can be treated by a primary care physician.

Go Dancin' For Duke Children's Hospital
Come out and dance your cares away with the South Wing Band on Saturday, August 9, at "Dancing for the Duke Kids," a benefit concert to help the Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center.

Sting-Free Summer Days
Mosquitoes, ticks and other insects are more than just pests; they can carry dangerous diseases such as Lyme disease and the West Nile virus.

Bike Safety
Bike riding is a great way to get exercise and fresh air and share time as a family. But before you and the kids rush out and start pedaling, there's an important factor that you need to consider--safety.

Pediatric Intensive Care
The workings of a hospital can be a bit of a mystery to patients. Parents particularly are interested about what's going on when their child is admitted into an intensive care unit.

Tips for Healthy Summer Eating
As kids kick back for summer, Duke experts provide parents with the facts about nutritional obstacles that can derail their best efforts.

U.S. News Ranks Duke Children's Among Nation's Best
U.S. News & World Report once again recognized Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center as one of the nation's top children's hospitals.

When to Worry About Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
It is not uncommon for a young child to have a urinary tract infection (UTI). Parents frequently ask how much of a problem this will be for their child in the future.

Big Packs On Little Backs
Like little sherpas, each school children dutifully tote their backpacks, stuffed with books and papers and a student's daily necessities.

Make It a Safe Summer
Warm weather has arrived--get the safety tips and resources you need to keep your kids safe this summer.

Chest Pain in Children and Adolescents
Chest pain is a common complaint in children and adolescents. Chest pain is often perceived as “heart pain” both to children and their parents, and it can cause a lot of emotional and physical upset. However, chest pain in children is very rarely due to a heart problem and most often arises from a less worrisome source.

Celebrating Our Nurses
National Nurses Week is from May 6th through the 12th, and nurses across the country are being honored for their countless contributions to patients every day.

Healthy Lifestyles Program: The Answer to Childhood Obesity
Dr. Sarah Armstrong is a pediatrician at Duke Children's who is the leader of Duke’s Healthy Lifestyles Program. The program tries to educate the child and family about a new way of coping in this time of plenty. It is a way to find the answer to “what can we do to help our child who is overweight?”

Mending Hearts
Every year in the United States, some 40,000 babies are born with congenital heart defects. Today, advances in care are helping patients of any age to not just survive--but thrive.

New Findings on Teens and Antidepressant Use
A major Duke-led study has shed new light on the best way to help the estimated 2 million American teenagers suffering from depression -- and more such guidance is on the way.

March is Child Life Month
Recognizing that being hospitalized can be frightening to children, the Child Life Program at Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center creates an environment designed to ease children's fears and provide the important emotional and social care to make the hospital experience as pleasant as possible for both the child and the family.

Protecting What's Precious
Millions of young lives have been saved in large part by the pioneering work of Samuel Katz and Catherine Wilfert. Now the longtime Duke pediatricians have created a legacy to help save billions of young lives still at risk around the world.

Create a CarePage
A child’s hospitalization can be an emotional and stressful time for families. Communicating the latest news with friends and relatives can mean time, energy and expense.