Immunotherapy: How Does It Treat Cancer?
Your immune system is a powerful force—and it can defend you against cancer. The immune system can keep some cancers from forming or growing quickly by destroying cancer cells. The problem, however, is that these cells can use a variety of methods to evade or hinder your immune cells, allowing cancer to grow and spread.…
How to Spot a Seizure
Because seizures can happen at any moment with little warning, it’s important to understand what to do if you’re around someone who is experiencing one. Learn how to help someone having a seizure to prepare for the worst. Discuss your risk of seizures with your primary care provider. Connect with one of our PCPs here.
How to Help During a Seizure
Seizures occur when there are quick changes in the electrical activity in the brain. They may affect both sides of the brain or only one side. Symptoms happen suddenly and can vary depending on the type. Learn more about the different symptoms in our How to Spot a Seizure infographic. Knowing the basics about seizures—and…
ParentingU Podcast: Cleft Lip and Palate
Cleft lip and cleft palate are quite common, with one in 700 kids nationwide having such a diagnosis. Thanks to…
The Miracle of Jeffrey Rushworth
Jeffery Rushworth is nearing his first birthday, and that’s a milestone his parents weren’t sure they would see. “They were strapping her and wrapping her, doing all kind of stuff, and I was panicking and I was like what the heck is going on and they’re going we’re going to have a baby,” says Jim…
My Child Has Fever! What Should I Do?
Fever is one of the most common reasons why parents bring their children to the doctor. Considering how common it…
Recurring UTI Symptoms Again? Learn What to Do
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common, annoying problem. According to the National Institutes of Health, women have a 50% chance of experiencing UTI symptoms sometime during life. Once you have a UTI, you have a 27 percent chance of experiencing a second UTI within six months. With UTIs, you experience all sorts of bladder…
Family Safety Tips as the Weather Changes
For many in the Gulf South, cooler weather is a welcome treat after a long, hot summer. For parents, an incoming cold front may bring questions along with it. Grant Clinkingbeard, MD, pediatrician with Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Health in Covington, shares tips for parents about how to keep kids safe and warm…
ParentingU Podcast: Pediatric Neurology, Seizures and Epilepsy
Seizures in children are scary, and parents understandably have questions and concerns. Kenneth Habetz, MD, pediatric neurologist with Our Lady…
