For teen with type 1 diabetes, it’s about numbers — and a whole lot more
For teens like Jessica with type 1 diabetes it’s about balancing your numbers. By managing her disease, she doesn’t let it limit her independence.
Children’s Stories
Read health tips from our experts as well as stories by patients, families and staff about kids’ health and their experiences at Children’s Minnesota.
T1D profile: Madison amazing at dance, academics
Madison Bates is a junior at Hudson (Wis.) High School who does an amazing job handling type 1 diabetes. But she’s amazing at a lot of other things, too!
Micro preemie weighed less than 1 pound at birth
NICU Then & Now: Jonathon Whitehill weighed 10.9 ounces when he was born in 2009. Today he's a first-grader who loves school and sports.
Children’s Pedcast: Healthy eating and alternatives to sugar-sweetened beverages
Dr. Gigi Chawla joins the podcast to share how kids in today's world can eat healthy food, find alternatives to sugar-sweetened beverages and ways to play outside.
What to do with kids and vitamins
Knowing what vitamins to give children can be a challenge for parents. Dr. Gigi Chawla shares how many and what kinds kids should receive.
8 tips to prevent poisoning
In recognition of Poison Prevention Awareness Week, we've gathered tips from our experts.
Tips from Child Life for using minimally threatening language
To communicate accurate, complete information that is developmentally appropriate
Advice for age-appropriate conversations about sex
Dr. Gigi Chawla shares how parents can provide their kids with age-appropriate information about sex.
Preemie twins now happy, healthy toddlers
NICU Then & Now: Wes and Ila Waller spent the first 47 days of their lives in the neonatal intensive care unit on the St. Paul campus of Children's Minnesota.
Children’s Pedcast: Midwest Fetal Care Center opens
Dr. David Lynch-Salamon talks about the Midwest Fetal Care Center's new Minneapolis clinic space at The Mother Baby Center at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and Children's Minnesota.