Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): What to know if you have diabetes or prediabetes or are at risk for these conditions
What could be causing your blurry vision?
Avocado nutrition: Health benefits and easy recipes
Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know
Preventing and treating iliotibial (IT) band syndrome: Tips for pain-free movement
Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health
What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?
Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction
What happens during sleep — and how to improve it
How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?
Claire McCarthy, MD
Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing
Posts by Claire McCarthy, MD
Child & Teen Health
Recurrent headaches in children: What to know and do
Child & Teen Health
Too old for the pediatrician? Time to switch doctors
Child & Teen Health
How racism harms children
Claire McCarthy, MD
Driving for teens with ADHD: What parents need to know
Child & Teen Health
How early can you — and should you — diagnose autism?
Claire McCarthy, MD
Teens and confidentiality
Child & Teen Health
Keeping children safe around cosmetics
Child & Teen Health
Why do parents worry about vaccines?
Child & Teen Health
HPV vaccine: A vaccine that works, and one all children should get
Child & Teen Health
Children and gun safety: What to know and do
Child & Teen Health
Infant car seats are for cars only (how not to use an infant car seat)
Child & Teen Health
The 6 don’ts of caring for your child’s teeth
Claire McCarthy, MD
When making summer plans for children, leave some time unplanned
Child & Teen Health
Public policies to stop kids from drinking sugary drinks
Claire McCarthy, MD
Young children are swallowing objects twice as often as before
Child & Teen Health
5 ways we can help our children succeed
Claire McCarthy, MD
5 reasons we need to help kids live “heads up” instead of “heads down”
Child & Teen Health
How to prevent poisonings in children — and what to do if they happen
Claire McCarthy, MD
Something else to avoid in pregnancy: Phthalates
Claire McCarthy, MD
What to do if your child is constipated
Child & Teen Health
Parents don't always realize that their teen is suicidal
Child & Teen Health
4 things everyone needs to know about measles
Child & Teen Health
What to do if you think your child has the flu
Claire McCarthy, MD
Couch potatoes start early: How to get kids moving
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c): What to know if you have diabetes or prediabetes or are at risk for these conditions
What could be causing your blurry vision?
Avocado nutrition: Health benefits and easy recipes
Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know
Preventing and treating iliotibial (IT) band syndrome: Tips for pain-free movement
Wildfires: How to cope when smoke affects air quality and health
What can magnesium do for you and how much do you need?
Dry socket: Preventing and treating a painful condition that can occur after tooth extraction
What happens during sleep — and how to improve it
How is metastatic prostate cancer detected and treated in men over 70?
