Health and fitness Features

Burns

Burns - how to treat serious burn

Can my son's knocked-out tooth be saved?

What to do if your child's tooth is knocked out

Chickenpox

Chickenpox - the symptoms and advice on how to treat it

Child fare

There are so many mixed messages about food these days, it's no wonder youngsters are confused about what to eat. Find out how to encourage your children to have a healthy attitude towards food

Choking

Choking - how to deal with adults and children who are choking

Cuts and Scrapes

Cuts and scrapes and what to do about them

Do germs spread in a swimming pool?

Advice on whether viruses and germs can be spread easily in public swimming pools

Dry nights

A more common issue than most parents imagine, bedwetting amongst school-age children can lead to great anxiety for the whole family. Hilary Pereira offers some solution

Family fitness makeover

Increasing numbers of Britain's kids are getting fat and unfit, so perhaps the New Year's resolution for 2008 should be to tear them away from their X-boxes and bags of crisps, and think up fun ways to get them into shape. Tips for healthy kids

Fluoride: friend or foe?

Once hailed as the enemy of tooth decay, fluoride now has as many detractors as advocates. So should it be added to our children's drinking water