Healthy Children - The Talk Show for Parents

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Healthy Children... The Talk Show for Parents provides important information about children's health issues. Expecting mothers, stay at home dads, big extended families with children of all ages - this show is for you! We talk with some of the top physicians, pediatricians, and medical experts in the world with guests provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics. We invite you to tune in, call in, email and be a part of the show.AAPLogoMed
HOST: Melanie Cole M.S.
MelanieColeNEWHeadshotcropped Healthy Children... The Talk Show for Parents provides important information about children's health issues. Expecting mothers, stay at home dads, big extended families with children of all ages - this show is for you! We talk with some of the top physicians, pediatricians, and medical experts in the world with guests provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics. We invite you to tune in, call in, email and be a part of the show.
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Talk Radio personality Melanie Cole, M.S. is an exercise physiologist and personal trainer and has worked in the field of health for 20 years. Her energetic and entertaining approach to the show is rooted in the fact that she not only is a professional interviewer - she is also a mother of two bringing the passion and know how to the show that every parent can relate to.
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Don't Give Your Child The Wrong Dose! New! Featured
Keep Your Kids Safe This Summer New!
Guest(s):Deborah Ann Mulligan, MD FAAP FACEP
Topic:Sun and Water Safety
Topic Info:Keep your family safe this summer by following our tips from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Original Air Date:5 / 23 / 2012
Drowning Prevention and Water Safety New!
Drowning Prevention and Water Safety
Guest(s):Deborah Ann Mulligan, MD FAAP FACEP
Topic:Sun and Water Safety
Topic Info:Drowning is a leading cause of death among children, including infants and toddlers. Most infant drownings occur in bathtubs and buckets. Toddlers between one and four years most commonly drown in swimming pools. However, many children in this age group d ...
Original Air Date:5 / 23 / 2012
Dog Bite Prevention Week Popular
Dog Bite Prevention Week
Guest(s):Kathy Voigt President Prevent The Bite, and Daughter Kelly
Topic:Dog Bite Prevention
Topic Info:Every year, more than 4.7 million Americans are bitten by dogs, with more than half of all victims younger than age 14. During National Dog Bite Prevention Week, May 20 - 26, 2012, the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Veterinary Medical Associ ...
Original Air Date:5 / 16 / 2012
Magnetic Toys and Button Batteries Pose Serious Hazard To Children Popular
Magnetic Toys and Button Batteries Pose Serious Hazard To Children
Guest(s):Gary A. Smith, MD, DrPH
Topic:Choking Dangers in Children
Topic Info:As children enjoy new toys, pediatricians should be aware of a potential hazard related to toys with small magnetic pieces and button batteries. Listen in as we discuss how to prevent life threatening hazards associated with button batteries and toys with ...
Original Air Date:5 / 16 / 2012
Choking Injuries and Deaths are Preventable Featured Popular
National Kids To Parks Day Popular
National Kids To Parks Day
Guest(s):Robert Zarr, MD, MPH, FAAP
Topic:National Kids to Parks Day
Topic Info:May 19th is National Kids to Parks Day. Listen as we importantly remind adults to take a child in their lives to a park - where they can hike a trail, visit a national historic site, or even canoe on a river. American adults live busy and pressure-filled ...
Original Air Date:5 / 16 / 2012
Coping With Perinatal and Postpartum Depression Popular
Coping With Perinatal and Postpartum Depression
Guest(s):Dr. Carol Berkowitz, M.D. FAAP, FACEP,
Topic:Perinatal and Postpartum Depression
Topic Info:Parents' mental health has a tremendous impact on their children's health, so it's important that parents take care of their own emotional well-being. Pediatricians care about maternal well-being and are the physician mothers may see most often following ...
Original Air Date:5 / 9 / 2012
National Children's Mental Health Awareness Day Featured Popular
Prom Safety: What Every Parent Needs To Know Featured Popular
Worrying About Your Teenagers: Can You Keep Them Safe? Popular
Worrying About Your Teenagers: Can You Keep Them Safe?
Guest(s):Dr. Cora Breuner,
Topic:Teen Safety Issues
Topic Info:Listen as our adolescent medicine specialist discusses prom safety. The prom itself is a fun, chaperoned event, but what happens afterward, when kids head to parties? Dr. Breuner will discuss what parents need to know to make sure their adolescent stays s ...
Original Air Date:5 / 9 / 2012
Pediatric Sports-Related Concussion: New Information
Pediatric Sports-Related Concussion: New Information
Guest(s):Dr. Todd Maugans
Topic:Concussion
Topic Info:Much media attention has been given to pediatric sports-related injuries, but questions still exist as to what happens to a child’s brain after sustaining a sports-related concussion (SRC). Dr. Todd Maugans, lead author of the study "Pediatric Sports-R ...
Original Air Date:5 / 2 / 2012
Tobacco Prevention
Tobacco Prevention
Guest(s):Dr. Jonathan Winickof
Topic:Tobacco Prevention
Topic Info:Dr. Jonathan Winickoff, comes on the show to discuss Baseball's new labor deal that will limit the use of smokeless tobacco by players, but not ban it during games, as some public health groups had sought. He will also discuss Hookah smoking. The fruity a ...
Original Air Date:5 / 2 / 2012
How To Talk To Adolescent Boys About Sexual Health
How To Talk To Adolescent Boys About Sexual Health
Guest(s):Charles J. Wibbelsman, M.D.,
Topic:Teen Sexual Health
Topic Info:Because of the many physical, social, and psychological changes adolescent boys experience during puberty, pediatricians are encouraged to discuss age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health issues with adolescent male patients during routine office vi ...
Original Air Date:5 / 2 / 2012
Teaching Teenage Boys Safe Sexual And Reproductive Health
Teaching Teenage Boys Safe Sexual And Reproductive Health
Guest(s):Charles J. Wibbelsman, M.D.,
Topic:Teen Sexual Health
Topic Info:Because of the many physical, social, and psychological changes adolescent boys experience during puberty, pediatricians are encouraged to discuss age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health issues with adolescent male patients during routine office vi ...
Original Air Date:5 / 2 / 2012
Measles On The Rise: Is Your Child At Risk? Popular
Measles On The Rise: Is Your Child At Risk?
Guest(s):Mary P. Glode, MD
Topic:Measles
Topic Info:So far this year, more than 20 people in the United States have been reported to have measles. Most of these people were not vaccinated or did not know their vaccination status. Measles is brought into the United States by unvaccinated U.S. residents and ...
Original Air Date:4 / 25 / 2012
Protecting Against Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease Popular
Protecting Against Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease
Guest(s):Mary P. Glode, MD
Topic:Infectious Diseases
Topic Info:Hand-foot-mouth disease is a relatively common infection viral infection that usually begins in the throat. Listen as our expert pediatrician gives you the best advice on prevention, symptoms and treatment for this painful disease.
Original Air Date:4 / 25 / 2012
Chronic Stress Can Permanently Alter An Infant’s Brain Popular
Chronic Stress Can Permanently Alter An Infant’s Brain
Guest(s):Cindy W. Christian, MD
Topic:Child Abuse Prevention
Topic Info:The evidence that is emerging that early childhood trauma and chronic stress can change infant’s brains permanently, with important life-long health consequences. Listen in as we discuss how to spot and prevent child abuse, stress, and neglect.
Original Air Date:4 / 25 / 2012
A Traumatic Childhood Can Lead To Future Obesity Popular
A Traumatic Childhood Can Lead To Future Obesity
Guest(s):Cindy W. Christian, MD
Topic:Child Abuse Prevention
Topic Info:The evidence that is emerging that early childhood trauma and chronic stress can change infant’s brains permanently, with important life-long health consequences. Listen in as we discuss how to prevent and spot child abuse & neglect.
Original Air Date:4 / 25 / 2012
The Importance of Vaccines Popular
The Importance of Vaccines
Guest(s):Dr. Robert Mendelson, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Topic:Infant Immunization Week
Topic Info:If there was a magic potion that would protect your child from deadly diseases, a potion proven to be effective and safe, wouldn’t you jump at the chance to give it to him? Immunization is that magic potion. Listen as discuss National Infant Immunizatio ...
Original Air Date:4 / 18 / 2012
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