COPD symptoms: How to spot them early
Many older adults get health information from self-defined experts online
Routine cancer screenings for older adults: Mammograms, colonoscopies, PSA tests, and more
How PMOS (once called PCOS) affects women after menopause
Eating more soy and other legumes might ward off high blood pressure
Surgery for a torn meniscus appears to offer no benefit
AI in healthcare: Can a chatbot answer your medical questions?
Increasing daily steps may boost surgical recovery
Poison ivy rash: Symptoms, treatment, and prevention
Taming high blood pressure: How doctors find the right drug mix
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
COPD symptoms: How to spot them early
Many older adults get health information from self-defined experts online
Routine cancer screenings for older adults: Mammograms, colonoscopies, PSA tests, and more
How PMOS (once called PCOS) affects women after menopause
Eating more soy and other legumes might ward off high blood pressure
Surgery for a torn meniscus appears to offer no benefit
AI in healthcare: Can a chatbot answer your medical questions?
Increasing daily steps may boost surgical recovery
Poison ivy rash: Symptoms, treatment, and prevention
Taming high blood pressure: How doctors find the right drug mix
