Ashwagandha: Benefits, side effects, and safety concerns
Hearing aids: Types, costs, over-the-counter options, and AirPods
Meditation techniques: How to meditate for stress, sleep, and focus
Anti-inflammatory diet: Foods that help reduce chronic inflammation
Legumes: Are they good for your heart?
Atrial fibrillation symptoms: Why they're easy to miss
Treating peripheral artery disease: When might you need a procedure?
Exercising with low blood pressure: Advice and precautions
Fast-walking "super-movers" may have sharper brains as they age
Healthy breakfast ideas to support energy and metabolism
Claire McCarthy, MD
Former 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
Pediatric health
AFM: A scary polio-like illness
Claire McCarthy, MD
What parents need to know — and do — about e-cigarettes
Claire McCarthy, MD
How to have a safe Halloween
Claire McCarthy, MD
The real link between breastfeeding and preventing obesity
Pediatric health
Concussion care for children and teens: What parents need to know
Claire McCarthy, MD
Could household disinfectants be making our children fat?
Pediatric health
Parents: Don’t use a baby walker
Pediatric health
Why pregnant and nursing mothers shouldn’t smoke marijuana
Immune and infectious diseases
Meningitis vaccines: What parents need to know
Pediatric health
Can cell phone use cause ADHD?
Claire McCarthy, MD
Common food additives and chemicals harmful to children
Claire McCarthy, MD
Warning signs of a concussion
Pediatric health
5 habits for moms that help prevent childhood obesity
Claire McCarthy, MD
How to treat a child’s sunburn
Pediatric health
Teens are getting less sleep, which raises heart disease risk
Pediatric health
Separating children and parents at the border causes lifelong damage
Pediatric health
Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know
Pediatric health
Secondhand marijuana smoke and kids
Claire McCarthy, MD
Teething-pain remedy dangers
Claire McCarthy, MD
6 reasons children need to play outside
Immune and infectious diseases
4 things to know about ticks and Lyme
Pediatric health
Do we need to take tackling out of youth football?
Pediatric health
Why we all really need Screen-Free Week this year
Immune and infectious diseases
3 ways to help get more children immunized
Ashwagandha: Benefits, side effects, and safety concerns
Hearing aids: Types, costs, over-the-counter options, and AirPods
Meditation techniques: How to meditate for stress, sleep, and focus
Anti-inflammatory diet: Foods that help reduce chronic inflammation
Legumes: Are they good for your heart?
Atrial fibrillation symptoms: Why they're easy to miss
Treating peripheral artery disease: When might you need a procedure?
Exercising with low blood pressure: Advice and precautions
Fast-walking "super-movers" may have sharper brains as they age
Healthy breakfast ideas to support energy and metabolism
