Stopping a medication?
Time for a medication check-up?
Risk factors for MCI and dementia
Handling tough decisions as a caregiver
Cholesterol's various forms
Are you at risk for high blood pressure?
How to fall without injury
How high blood pressure harms your health
How we make memories
Treating mild cognitive impairment
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
Claire McCarthy, MD
The better way to discipline children
Pediatric health
Holiday toys for kids: “Back to basics” is best
Pediatric 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
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
Stopping a medication?
Time for a medication check-up?
Risk factors for MCI and dementia
Handling tough decisions as a caregiver
Cholesterol's various forms
Are you at risk for high blood pressure?
How to fall without injury
How high blood pressure harms your health
How we make memories
Treating mild cognitive impairment
