
Preventing, diagnosing and managing food allergies
History is key in the diagnosis of food allergy — What did they eat? What symptoms occurred? How soon?

History is key in the diagnosis of food allergy — What did they eat? What symptoms occurred? How soon?

Although this may seem overwhelming, you want to make sure your child is prepared and able to follow a gluten-free diet while still enjoying campus living.

To get a child to stop screaming when she doesn’t get her way, you need to be consistent, otherwise she’s likely to keep screaming.

Children’s diets should not exceed 2,300 milligrams of sodium a day, so parents need to be extra careful about reading labels and choosing the lowest sodium options.

Children’s National psychopharmacologist Adelaide Robb, MD, answers some questions caregivers have about ADHD medications.