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Tips to Keep Your Children Safe, Healthy, and Happy This Summer MRH Pediatric PA Cassandra Rusche knows that summertime can be both fun and challenging for families with children and teens. Here she offers some tips to keep your kiddos safe, healthy, and happy all summer long. Be sure they're hydrated When kids get [...]
Kids and the COVID-19 vaccine, other important immunizations Dr. Linda Couillard explains why children should receive the COVID-19 vaccine among their other routine childhood vaccinations Our goal at Memorial Regional Health is to ensure parents have the information they need to make safe decisions for their children. To receive more pediatric news, [...]
Fun ideas to encourage children to wear their face coverings in public As is usually the case with our children: “Monkey see, monkey do.” It is important to serve as role models for our kids every day, but it’s especially important in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic to prevent [...]
Remote learning during COVID-19: Tips for virtual learners Help to make learning from home a successful experience for your children Have you decided to keep your child home to continue their education remotely during the pandemic? Maybe you have selected in-person learning and are taking precautions in the case that school gets [...]
Why you should teach your kids to wear a face covering School protocols require children 11 years and older to wear a face covering while in class Middle and high school students who attend in-person classes this school year will be asked to add a new back-to-school item to their wardrobe [...]
Back to school: Keeping kids healthy from colds, the flu and COVID-19 Focusing on general wellness and prevention of illness should be families’ top priorities Each year as students head back to school, parents prepare for the risk of sniffles and sneezes and do what they can to prioritize [...]
By Lauren Glendenning, For Memorial Regional Health A Q&A with Madysen L. Jourgensen, Registered Dietitian at Memorial Regional Health What are some healthier alternatives to candy? MJ: Things like popcorn bags, fruit leathers (made from 100 percent fruit), animal crackers, pretzels, etc. can be more nutritious substitutions for candy at Halloween. You can [...]
By Lauren Glendenning, For Memorial Regional Health October is National SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Awareness Month Thousands of babies in the U.S. die suddenly and unexpectedly each year. Half of these deaths, known as sudden unexpected infant death (SUID), are due to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Scientists and medical providers don’t know [...]
By Lauren Glendenning, For Memorial Regional Health September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month About one in five children in the United States is obese, putting them at greater risk for many serious chronic health conditions and diseases such as sleep apnea, type 2 diabetes and heart conditions. The Centers for Disease Control and [...]
By Lauren Glendenning, For Memorial Regional Health The Best Way to Fight the Common Cold Is Through Prevention Flu season doesn’t officially hit until October, but as children head back to school, it’s important to remember the ways to prevent sickness such as the common cold. The cold and the flu have similar symptoms, [...]
