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Claire McCarthy, MD

Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing

Claire McCarthy, MD, is a primary care pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. In addition to being a senior faculty editor for Harvard Health Publishing, Dr. McCarthy writes about health and parenting for Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston.com, and the Huffington Post.

Posts by Claire McCarthy, MD

5 ways we can help our children succeed featured image

Child & Teen Health

5 ways we can help our children succeed
5 reasons we need to help kids live “heads up” instead of “heads down” featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

5 reasons we need to help kids live “heads up” instead of “heads down”
How to prevent poisonings in children — and what to do if they happen featured image

Child & Teen Health

How to prevent poisonings in children — and what to do if they happen
Something else to avoid in pregnancy: Phthalates featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Something else to avoid in pregnancy: Phthalates
What to do if your child is constipated featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

What to do if your child is constipated
Parents don’t always realize that their teen is suicidal featured image

Child & Teen Health

Parents don’t always realize that their teen is suicidal
4 things everyone needs to know about measles featured image

Child & Teen Health

4 things everyone needs to know about measles
What to do if you think your child has the flu featured image

Child & Teen Health

What to do if you think your child has the flu
Couch potatoes start early: How to get kids moving featured image

Child & Teen Health

Couch potatoes start early: How to get kids moving
Younger kindergarteners more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Younger kindergarteners more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD
The better way to discipline children featured image

Child & Teen Health

The better way to discipline children
Holiday toys for kids: “Back to basics” is best featured image

Child & Teen Health

Holiday toys for kids: “Back to basics” is best
Giving babies and toddlers antibiotics can increase the risk of obesity featured image

Child & Teen Health

Giving babies and toddlers antibiotics can increase the risk of obesity
Getting your baby to sleep through the night: The good (and maybe not-so-good) news featured image

Child & Teen Health

Getting your baby to sleep through the night: The good (and maybe not-so-good) news
AFM: A scary polio-like illness featured image

Child & Teen Health

AFM: A scary polio-like illness
What parents need to know — and do — about e-cigarettes featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

What parents need to know — and do — about e-cigarettes
How to have a safe Halloween featured image

Child & Teen Health

How to have a safe Halloween
The real link between breastfeeding and preventing obesity featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

The real link between breastfeeding and preventing obesity
Concussion care for children and teens: What parents need to know featured image

Child & Teen Health

Concussion care for children and teens: What parents need to know
Could household disinfectants be making our children fat? featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Could household disinfectants be making our children fat?
Parents: Don’t use a baby walker featured image

Child & Teen Health

Parents: Don’t use a baby walker
Why pregnant and nursing mothers shouldn’t smoke marijuana featured image

Child & Teen Health

Why pregnant and nursing mothers shouldn’t smoke marijuana
Meningitis vaccines: What parents need to know featured image

Claire McCarthy, MD

Meningitis vaccines: What parents need to know
Can cell phone use cause ADHD? featured image

Child & Teen Health

Can cell phone use cause ADHD?
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