The Nemours Foundation
About Us
KidsHealth is the largest and most-visited site on the Web providing doctor-approved health information about children from before birth through adolescence. Created by The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, the award-winning KidsHealth provides families with accurate, up-to-date, and jargon-free health information they can use. KidsHealth has been on the Web since 1995 — and has been accessed by about half a billion visitors. On a typical weekday, more than 500,000 visitors access KidsHealth's reliable information.
Articles by The Nemours Foundation
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Taking the Pressure Off Sports Competition
Sports are a great way to have fun and stay active. Kids have lots of choices about which sports to do and whether to...
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Sports Physicals
Playing sports is a great way to have fun and stay fit. And anyone who has played sports knows that you have to pay some...
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Sports Supplements
If you're a competitive athlete or a fitness buff, improving your sports performance is probably on your mind. Spending...
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AAP Urges Autism Screening for All Kids Under 2
Calling autism an "urgent public health issue," the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in early...
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Finding the Right Read
Books make great gifts for kids, but it's not always easy to find reading material that fits a child's interests,...
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Topics: Childhood Asthma
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Stopping the Bottle
It's very common for young toddlers to get attached to their bottles. They tend to have bottles with them much of...
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Most Parents Who Own Guns Don't Store Them Safely
Poor firearms-storage practices by many gun-owning parents are putting kids at serious increased risk for...
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