Recommended Websites
Looking for information on a particular children’s health topic? Children’s Medical Group has put together the following list of helpful websites.
- Bright Futures for Families
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Bam! Body and Mind
- Children’s Hospital Colorado
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
- FDA For Kids
- GirlsHealth.gov
- Healthy Children/American Academy of Pediatrics
- KidsHealth.org
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Child Health & Development
- Tufts Kids’ And Teen Health Archive
- UpToDate
- Virtual Pediatric Hospital
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library
Infant Health: General Info
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
- Healthy Children: Baby (0 to 12 months)
- National Institute of Health
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library
- Zero To Three: Infant and Toddler Health & Development
Infant Health: Popular Topics
Toddler Health
Preschool Health
Grade School Health
Adolescent Health: General Info
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Adolescent & School Health
- Center for Young Women’s Health
- Healthy Children: Teens (12 to 18 years)
Adolescent Health: Popular Topics
Allergy
- American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
- KidsHealth: All About Allergies
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- National Institutes of Health: Allergy
- The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network
- UpToDate: Food Allergy Symptoms and Diagnosis
Asthma
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Asthma
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center: Asthma Education
- KidsHealth: Asthma Basics
- National Institutes of Health: Asthma in Children
- UpToDate: Asthma Inhaler Techniques
- UpToDate: Asthma Symptoms and Diagnosis in Children
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: For Families
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Bam! Body and Mind – Your Life
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Violence Prevention
- Healthy Children/American Academy of Pediatrics : Emotional Problems
- Healthy Children/American Academy of Pediatrics: Family Dynamics
- UpToDate: Depression in Adolescents
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library
- Healthy Children/American Academy of Pediatrics – Calcium: The Bone Builder
- KidsHealth: Calcium and Your Child
- KidsHealth: Common Childhood Orthopedic Problems
- KidsHealth: Developmental Dysplasia of The Hip
- KidsHealth: FAQs About Casts
- KidsHealth: In-Toeing and Out-Toeing in Toddlers
- KidsHealth: Growth Plate Injuries
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library
Concussion
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Heads Up: Concussin in Youth Sports
- UpToDate: Head Injuries
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library: Head Injury in Children
Headache
- UpToDate: Headache In Children
- Healthy Children/American Academy of Pediatrics: Headaches
- American Headache Society
Seizure
General
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
- KidsHealth: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- UpToDate: Acute Diarrhea
- UpToDate: Chronic Abdominal Pain
- UpToDate: Nausea and Vomiting
Celiac Disease
Adolescent
- KidsHealth: Constipation
- UpToDate: Constipation in infants and children
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library
GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)
- KidsHealth: Birth Defects
- Genetic Alliance
- KidsHealth: Newborn Screening Tests
- March of Dimes
- National institute of Health: Birth Defects
- National institute of Health: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- National institute of Health: Down Syndrome
- National institute of Health: Neural Tube Defects
- STAR-G Project: Newborn Screening Tests
General
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Antibiotics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Hib Disease
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Measles
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Rotavirus Disease
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Bam! Body and Mind – Diseases
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Children’s Hospital Colorado: Contagiousness of Infectious Diseases
- KidsHealth: Infections
- National Institute of Health: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Tetanus
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library
Chickenpox
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccination
- UpToDate: Chickenpox prevention and treatment
- Krames Health Library: Varicella (Chickenpox)
Ear Infections
Eye Infections
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
- UpToDate: Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
Fever
Flu
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Flu in Young Children
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center: Treating Flu Symptoms
- Department of Public Health: Pandemic Flu
Infectious Mononucleosis
Lyme Disease
Meningitis
Respiratory Infections
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Common Col d and Runny Nose
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Sinus Infection
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Sore Throat
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Pertussis
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Cold and Cough Medicines
- Healthy Children/American Academy of Pediatrics: Sore Throat, Strep, and Tonsillitis
- UpToDate: Bronchiolitis in Infants and Children
- UpToDate: Croup in Infants and Children
- UpToDate: Common Cold in Children
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Bam! Body and Mind
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Falls in Children
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Home and Recreational safety
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Injury and Violence Prevention and Control
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center: Injury Prevention Center
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Motor Vehicle Safety
- Safe Kids Connecticut
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- Best Bones Forever: Campaign for Girls
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Bam! Body and Mind – Food & Nutrition
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Fruits and Veggies Matter
- Healthy Children/American Academy of Pediatrics: Nutrition
- KidsHealth: Nutrition & Fitness Center
- National Institutes of Health: Child Nutrition
- National Institutes of Health: Diet and Nutrition
- National Institutes of Health: Milk and Bone Health
- Tufts Medical Center: Food and Nutrition
- USDA: Team Nutrition
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library: Nutrition Index
- Bright Futures: Promoting Healthy Weight
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: BMI for Children and Teens
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Childhood Obesity Facts
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Childhood Overweight and Obesity
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Physical Activity
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Resources and Publications
- National Institutes of Health
- We Can!: Ways To Enhance Activity & Nutrition
- Weight Control Information Network
- Yale-New Haven Hospital Health Library
ADHD
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Is it ADHD?
- Healthy Children/American Academy of Pediatrics: ADHD
- National Institute of Mental Health: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- UpToDate: Symptoms and Diagnosis of ADHD
- UpToDate: Treatment of ADHD
Bullying
- National Institutes of Health: Bullying
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: BAM! Guide to Getting Along
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: BAM! The Bully Roundup
Learning Disabilities
- Children’s Hospital Colorado: Vaginal Itching/Irritation
- Healthy Children/American Academy of Pediatrics: Genitals and Urinary Tract
- KidsHealth: Kidney Diseases in Early Childhood
- National Institutes of Health: Urinary Tract Infections
- UpToDate: Bedwetting in Children
- UpToDate: Circumcision
- UpToDate: Urinary Tract Infections
Please call our team today at (203) 288-4288 to schedule a wellness visit for your child or to ask any questions.