With the school year well on its way, children must now return to a regular sleep schedule in order to tackle the day and get up bright and early for school. After a long Summer of kids and teenagers staying up all night watching TV and playing video games, children must now abandon their Summer sleep schedule in favor of a more responsible lifestyle that will allow them to grow...

We have seen our youth go through a tremendous ordeal throughout the pandemic. Isolated from friends and family, witnessing countless deaths around them, it is no wonder that we have seen an uptick in children and teen emergency room visits due to mental health problems. We will see the lasting effects of the pandemic for still decades to come, but the preliminary data is clear that this global disaster had...

What Parents Need to Know About Monkeypox   In recent weeks the news has been buzzing about the new illness of the day, also known as “Monkeypox.” As if COVID-19 wasn’t enough to worry about, now there is another threat to our childrens’ health. But no need to fear, Pedia Pals is here to keep you informed. With the rise of this new disease, parents are left flooded with questions...

One of the most common conditions that affect children are ear infections. They are so common in fact that five out six children have at least one ear infection before they reach preschool age. According to Dr. Gene Liu, an ear-nose-throat specialist at Cedar Sinai Hospital, the most common type of ear infection that affects children are those that hurt the middle part of the ear. He also talks about...