Campus Health and Safety
Your days in pediatricians' toy-filled waiting rooms may be over, but health worries don't stop when your child turns 18. Here's a guide to campus health and safety issues, as well as vaccines for 20-somethings and students who study abroad.
Sick Roommates and Your Child's Health
The call comes late at night. Your kid's girlfriend, boyfriend or college roommate is sick. Your child doesn't know what to do. And now you're worried about your child's health too. What if it's swine flu?
The call comes late at night. Your kid's girlfriend, boyfriend or college roommate is sick. Your child doesn't know what to do. And now you're worried about your child's health too. What if it's swine flu?
Swine Flu at College
The H1N1 virus - swine flu - first appeared on college campuses last spring. Now campus officials are bracing themselves for a major outbreak of swine flu at college.
The H1N1 virus - swine flu - first appeared on college campuses last spring. Now campus officials are bracing themselves for a major outbreak of swine flu at college.
When Should You Take Your Sick College Kid Home?
When College Kids Get Sick: When should you take your sick college kid home?
When College Kids Get Sick: When should you take your sick college kid home?
When College Kids get Mono
Mono in College: When college kids get mono, it can derail studies and make life miserable for a few weeks or a few months. Here's the scoop on mono.
Mono in College: When college kids get mono, it can derail studies and make life miserable for a few weeks or a few months. Here's the scoop on mono.
College Kids, Illness & Injury
When College Kids Get Sick: The combination of stress, sleep deprivation and dorm life means college kids get sick a lot. Prepare your child for the inevitable with these three basic steps.
When College Kids Get Sick: The combination of stress, sleep deprivation and dorm life means college kids get sick a lot. Prepare your child for the inevitable with these three basic steps.
College Injury
College Injury: Bumps and bruises are part of everyday life, but what do you do when your college kid gets an injury far from home?
College Injury: Bumps and bruises are part of everyday life, but what do you do when your college kid gets an injury far from home?
Student Health While Studying Abroad
Study Abroad: Getting sick while abroad can be a scary experience. If your child is heading off to a study abroad program, make sure you discuss a student health emergency plan before he leaves.
Study Abroad: Getting sick while abroad can be a scary experience. If your child is heading off to a study abroad program, make sure you discuss a student health emergency plan before he leaves.
Countdown to College: The Doctor's Visit
Got a kid headed for college? Then you're probably looking at a big pile of health-related paperwork. Here's an off-to-college checklist for that last trip to the pediatrician.
Got a kid headed for college? Then you're probably looking at a big pile of health-related paperwork. Here's an off-to-college checklist for that last trip to the pediatrician.
Campus Health Forms
Got a teen heading off to summer camp, playing sports or going to college? He'll need health forms and athletic clearance from his doctor. Here's when to book that doctor's appointment and get the health forms for college, summer camp and athletics done.
Got a teen heading off to summer camp, playing sports or going to college? He'll need health forms and athletic clearance from his doctor. Here's when to book that doctor's appointment and get the health forms for college, summer camp and athletics done.
Teens, Health and Campus Paperwork
There's more to a doctor's visit than healthy habits. Regular checkups are essential for high school athletes and summer campers, who need medical clearance paperwork, and college-bound students, whose health forms are required for university admission. So here's a paperwork timeline to help you plan that doctor's visit.
There's more to a doctor's visit than healthy habits. Regular checkups are essential for high school athletes and summer campers, who need medical clearance paperwork, and college-bound students, whose health forms are required for university admission. So here's a paperwork timeline to help you plan that doctor's visit.
Running a Fever
Running a Fever: You worried when the kids were small and ran fevers. Now they're all grown-up and you still fret! Here are tips on what to do when your college kids get sick or run fevers.
Running a Fever: You worried when the kids were small and ran fevers. Now they're all grown-up and you still fret! Here are tips on what to do when your college kids get sick or run fevers.
6 Signs That It May Not Be "Just Stress"
Every college student suffers a certain amount of six warning signs that your child's stress may be a mental health concern.
Every college student suffers a certain amount of six warning signs that your child's stress may be a mental health concern.
Young Adults and Stress
As parents, we’re all too familiar with our own stress, but our kids suffer from it too, and stress rates among teens and young adults have spiked in recent years.
As parents, we’re all too familiar with our own stress, but our kids suffer from it too, and stress rates among teens and young adults have spiked in recent years.
Top Ten De-Stressing Activities
Stressed out over school, exams or life in general? These activities are guaranteed to de-stress any teen, college student or young adult - and they work well for grown-ups too.
Stressed out over school, exams or life in general? These activities are guaranteed to de-stress any teen, college student or young adult - and they work well for grown-ups too.
Sobering Statistics on College Students and Alcohol Use
Despite alcohol awareness programs, alcohol use continues to be a problem on college campuses. Here's the lowdown on the sobering statistics.
Despite alcohol awareness programs, alcohol use continues to be a problem on college campuses. Here's the lowdown on the sobering statistics.
College & Alcohol: How to Intervene
It's tough to tell a friend he's drinking too much, but when Margarita Monday goes 24/7, it's time to intervene, even if the setting is a college dorm.
It's tough to tell a friend he's drinking too much, but when Margarita Monday goes 24/7, it's time to intervene, even if the setting is a college dorm.
College Kids, Sleep and the GPA Connection
Psychology studies say college kids who get enough sleep have higher GPAs than those who pull all-nighters. Got a night owl? Here are tips on turning college kids into healthier morning people... who get better grades.
Psychology studies say college kids who get enough sleep have higher GPAs than those who pull all-nighters. Got a night owl? Here are tips on turning college kids into healthier morning people... who get better grades.
Health Insurance for Your Not-Yet-Employed Child
Parents are wise to worry when their grown children age out of family health benefits. Here are three ways to get medical coverage for your not-yet-employed 20something, so a case of appendicitis or a trip to the emergency room doesn't send you to the poorhouse.
Parents are wise to worry when their grown children age out of family health benefits. Here are three ways to get medical coverage for your not-yet-employed 20something, so a case of appendicitis or a trip to the emergency room doesn't send you to the poorhouse.
Dorm First Aid
College Life - College kids have three lines of defense when it comes to staying healthy and coping with dorm mishaps. Step one is a good first aid kit.
College Life - College kids have three lines of defense when it comes to staying healthy and coping with dorm mishaps. Step one is a good first aid kit.
Vaccines for Grown-Up Kids
Parenting Young Adults - The days of DPT shots and polio vaccine sugar cubes may be long over, but parents still need to make sure their college-aged kids and 20-somethings get some key vaccines, including HPV, Meningococcal and Tetanus.
Parenting Young Adults - The days of DPT shots and polio vaccine sugar cubes may be long over, but parents still need to make sure their college-aged kids and 20-somethings get some key vaccines, including HPV, Meningococcal and Tetanus.
Meningitis and other dorm scares
As college bound kids fill out their health records for their campus health services, they will want to consider the Meningococcal vaccine, which guards against bacterial meningitis.
As college bound kids fill out their health records for their campus health services, they will want to consider the Meningococcal vaccine, which guards against bacterial meningitis.
Shots and Dots: Vaccines and Health Issues for Kids Studying Abroad
Parents of young adults headed overseas, whether for military duty, community service, gap year programs or study abroad, need to book a trip to the doctor. Foreign travel carries its own health issues, including yellow fever, malaria and other preventable, but serious diseases.
Parents of young adults headed overseas, whether for military duty, community service, gap year programs or study abroad, need to book a trip to the doctor. Foreign travel carries its own health issues, including yellow fever, malaria and other preventable, but serious diseases.