Kids Health Cast

Sherry Huang, MD, FAAP and Alexis Fissinger, MS, RD, CSP, CDN discuss vitamins & minerals for kids & teens. The panelists address common nutritional deficiencies seen in children, including vitamin D, calcium, and iron. They also highlight how parents can spot this and how to best address common issues, like picky eating.

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Angela Kadenhe-Chiweshe, M.D. and Bradley Pua, M.D. discuss vascular malformations. They share the prevalence of these genetic malformations and the treatments available for patients. The panel also highlight the importance of a multidisciplinary approach when providing care to children with these conditions.

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Karen Acker, M.D. shares what doctors are seeing in current pediatric COVID-19 cases. She addresses concerns that parents may have around COVID-19 and other respiratory issues that can impact their kids during this season. She discusses hospitalization rates impacting children and explains the concerns around pediatric myocarditis. Finally, she provides general guidance on continuing to keep little ones safe through prevalence of variants.

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Today's episode of Kids Health Cast comes from our Women's Health Wednesday series on Back to Health. Georges Sylvestre, M.D. discusses the importance of preventing birth defects. He shares the risk factors that can increase the likelihood of having a baby with a birth defect. He also highlights the precautions that pregnant adults can practice during the prenatal period, including the benefits of taking folic acid. Finally, he discusses what expecting mothers can do to decrease the risk of having a baby with certain abnormalities.

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Katharina Graw-Panzer, M.D. discusses how to keep babies safe while sleeping. She shares the latest infant sleep safety recommendations, guidance for forming healthy sleep habits with newborns, and what parents should know about preventing sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

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Radha Gajjar, M.D., MSCE and Diane Liu, M.D. discuss what parents should know about pediatric hypertension. The panelists talk about the optimal blood pressure for children and adolescents and possible causes of hypertension in younger patients. They also share how pediatricians screen for hypertension in children. Finally, they discuss what lifestyle factors can be modified or started to help manage this condition.

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Jhansi Reddy, M.D. discusses what parents can expect at their child's first gynecology appointment. She answers common frequently asked questions that parents and guardians may have when planning for their daughter's upcoming appointment.

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Cori Green, M.D., M.S., discusses suicide prevention in children and adolescents. She shares the risk factors to consider, how to spot the warning signs, and what parents should do if a loved one is considering self-harm. She also discusses clinical depression in kids and how it can manifest when it is not clinical diagnoses or treated.

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Shaun Steigman, M.D. and Stephen Oh, M.D. discuss pediatric thoracic surgery. They share what families can expect when coming in for surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and how to prepare their child for this part of their treatment journey. The doctors help answer the most common questions parent have, such as: how long is a typical hospital stay for a child after surgery, what happens after a child has been discharged post-surgery, and what a family can expect with follow-up care.

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Perdita Permaul, M.D., Jennie Ono, M.D., and Kalli Tsirilakis, M.D., discuss healthy lung month and how parents can protect their child's lungs. The panelists highlight asthma, seasonal allergies and the uptick in respiratory viruses, since the COVID-19 pandemic. They speak about the co-infection aspect of all these viruses, as some may have overlapping symptoms, which can make diagnosing even more challenging. Finally, the panel shares how similar the symptoms for these illnesses are and how can parents tell the difference.

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