
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?

Could biofeedback help your migraines?

Claire McCarthy, MD
Senior Faculty Editor, Harvard Health Publishing
Posts by Claire McCarthy, MD

Claire McCarthy, MD
Younger kindergarteners more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD

Claire McCarthy, MD
The better way to discipline children

Child & Teen Health
Holiday toys for kids: “Back to basics” is best

Child & Teen Health
Giving babies and toddlers antibiotics can increase the risk of obesity

Claire McCarthy, MD
Getting your baby to sleep through the night: The good (and maybe not-so-good) news

Child & Teen 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

Child & Teen Health
Concussion care for children and teens: What parents need to know

Claire McCarthy, MD
Could household disinfectants be making our children fat?

Child & Teen Health
Parents: Don’t use a baby walker

Child & Teen Health
Why pregnant and nursing mothers shouldn’t smoke marijuana

Claire McCarthy, MD
Meningitis vaccines: What parents need to know

Child & Teen 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

Child & Teen Health
5 habits for moms that help prevent childhood obesity

Claire McCarthy, MD
How to treat a child’s sunburn

Child & Teen Health
Teens are getting less sleep, which raises heart disease risk

Child & Teen Health
Separating children and parents at the border causes lifelong damage

Child & Teen Health
Swimming lessons save lives: What parents should know

Child & Teen Health
Secondhand marijuana smoke and kids

Claire McCarthy, MD
Teething-pain remedy dangers

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?

Could biofeedback help your migraines?