Here are the screening tests and immunizations for infants from birth to age two. Consult your doctor to make sure this schedule is appropriate for your baby.

The following is a summary of the preventive health care schedules for children and teenagers. The schedules are mainly for children who do not have special health risks.

The health risks children and teenagers face are as varied as the interests and skills they learn as they grow up. You need to weigh many factors when deciding how often to bring your children and teens to their health care provider.

If you are the parent of a young child, you may be confused about the safety of immunizations.

By teaching your kids to follow a healthy lifestyle, you can help reduce their risk for heart disease later in life. Although children and teens usually don't show the symptoms of heart disease, the silent buildup of plaque (fatty deposits) can start in childhood and can have a serious impact on their adult life.

Baby fat is something children are supposed to outgrow, not grow in to. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), one in five children in the United States is overweight or obese.

Secondhand smoke threatens everyone who inhales it, especially kids. Secondhand smoke is not only smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar, but also smoke exhaled by smokers.

High blood pressure has joined type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol on a list of ailments that once struck only adults but now afflict children.

A vaccine can protect babies from rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea in infants.

Until recently, type 2 diabetes was also known as adult-onset diabetes. Now, the adult-onset prefix has been dropped because so many children are developing the condition.