Heather Staples is a pediatrician in Houston who shares her measured and sage advice on how to manage our fears about our kids' health. She recommends seeking the advice of your own medical care team whenever you have specific fears, but she gives us some good perspective on some of the more common fears of parents -- fears, by the way, that she shares as a parent herself.

Heather also shares a great resource, the American Academy of Pediatrics web site, www.healthychildren.org, where you can get age-specific advice for your own kids' health.

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