Health Information

Health Information

Dr. Ayman knows that from time to time you have questions about your child’s health. To help answer some of these questions, he has collected links to a wide range of health topics and presented them here.

General

American Academy of Pediatrics website for parents

Kids health organization

Great resource for parents, kids, and teens with information about various health related issues.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital

Allergies and Asthma

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology

National Heart. Lung, and Blood Institute

Provides information about Asthma (causes, symptoms, treatment)

Autism

Autism Now Center
Provides high quality resources and information in core areas across the lifespan to individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities, their families, caregivers, and professional in the field.

The Arc

Promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.

Autism Society

Improving the lives of all affected by autism.

Autism Speaks

Is dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families.

Breastfeeding

Women’s health
General breastfeeding information:

Bullying

Kids health
Feeling and emotions – Dealing with Bullies

Common Cold

Information for parents about the common cold

Influenza

General Information about Influenza.

A great website helping New dad’s prepare for their little one.

Development

Zero to Three

Discipline

Positive Discipline

One strategy per week for 52 weeks.

Kids Health

Disciplining Your Child (recommendations for each age/stage).

Measles

Information for parents about measles from kidshealth.org.

Facts about measles and the MMR vaccine from the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Nutrition

Choose my plate

Great resource to better understand nutritional recommendations.

Calculate your child’s BMI.

Healthy Vegetarian Info for teenagers (and their parents).

We Can (Ways to Enhance Children’s Activity and Nutrition).

Parenting

Web Med Great
Articles relevant to whatever age/stage your child is going through.

Parenting

Center for disease control and prevention

Positive Parenting Tips for each stage of development.

Summer Safety

Healthy children.org

Summer Safety from the AAP.

Teens

Resource for teens to explore issues they are challenged with (health, school, nutrition, friends, etc.).

Health information for preteen and teen girls (and their parents).

Answers to many “hot topics” and FAQ about vaccines and vaccine safety from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

CDC vaccine information.

Great PBS video about vaccines – how they work, why they are important, and what are the side effects.

Do you have any questions or inquiries?