Aldosterone overload: An underappreciated contributor to high blood pressure
Can you retrain your brain to stop excessive drinking?
For now, electric cars appear safe for people with implanted heart devices
What is a cardioversion procedure?
Finding and fixing a stiff, narrowed aortic valve
Can you stop blood thinners after an ablation for atrial fibrillation?
Reversing prediabetes may slash heart disease risk by half
Waking up to urinate at night affects blood pressure
VO2 max: What it is and how you can improve it
New thinking about plaque in arteries that feed the brain
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
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
Claire McCarthy, MD
A tired child? What you should know
Pediatric health
Giving antacids and antibiotics to babies can lead to allergies
Claire McCarthy, MD
Why we shouldn't demonize formula feeding
Claire McCarthy, MD
Good news: Fewer teens are being bullied
Claire McCarthy, MD
Does your child need a tonsillectomy?
Claire McCarthy, MD
In children and teens, depression doesn’t always look like sadness
Pediatric health
Scary news about childhood obesity
Pediatric health
4 tips for raising well-behaved children
Pediatric health
Guns are killing our children. It’s time we did something
Claire McCarthy, MD
This Valentine’s Day, 14 ways parents can show love for their children
Pediatric health
4 things all parents should do to help prevent sexual abuse
Pediatric health
Why teenagers eat Tide pods
Pediatric health
The crucial brain foods all children need
Claire McCarthy, MD
When to worry about your child's sore throat
Pediatric health
3 New Year’s resolutions all families can (and should) make
Pediatric health
More than half of today’s children will be obese adults
Pediatric health
7 ways to prevent holiday stress — for your children
Pediatric health
Using social media to help parents get vaccine questions answered
Diseases & Conditions
Why parents should save their baby's cord blood — and give it away
Pediatric health
What parents should know — and do — about young children and mobile devices
Aldosterone overload: An underappreciated contributor to high blood pressure
Can you retrain your brain to stop excessive drinking?
For now, electric cars appear safe for people with implanted heart devices
What is a cardioversion procedure?
Finding and fixing a stiff, narrowed aortic valve
Can you stop blood thinners after an ablation for atrial fibrillation?
Reversing prediabetes may slash heart disease risk by half
Waking up to urinate at night affects blood pressure
VO2 max: What it is and how you can improve it
New thinking about plaque in arteries that feed the brain
