Over the last couple of years, WakeMed’s Families First publication has offered lots of great back-to-school tips for parents and kids.  In celebration of back-to-school, we have shared this timeless information with you from sleep training to vaccinations to packing your child’s lunch to how to know when your child really is too sick for school.
In the [...]

Lindsay Kimbrell and Beth Eskridge are microbiologists in the WakeMed Pathology Lab.
Last month, we asked you to recommend some items for us to swab, culture and interpret.  We swabbed a ketchup bottle on a restaurant table, buffet tongs, vending machine buttons, hallway hand sanitizer pump, gym water fountain, elevator buttons, grocery cart handle, public bathroom [...]

Carolina Parent N.C. Family-Friendly 50 Company
Carolina Parent magazine and the UNC-Chapel Hill Kenan-Flagler Business School have chosen WakeMed as one of their 50 N.C. Family-Friendly Companies for 2010. Organizations that are selected for this award show a commitment to family and a healthy work/life balance.  WakeMed offers family-oriented health benefits, child care benefits, tuition reimbursement, [...]

Over the last couple of years, WakeMed’s Families First publication has offered lots of great back-to-school tips for parents and kids.  In anticipation of back-to-school, we will share this timeless information with you from sleep training to vaccinations to packing your child’s lunch to how to know when your child really is too sick for [...]

With back to school just around the corner, WakeMed is participating in events for the young and a little older this weekend.
Look for us tomorrow (August 21) at Marbles Kids Museum for Kick Off to Kindergarten.  Our Children’s Asthma and Diabetes Programs will be sharing information about managing these diseases at school.
Also, tomorrow we will [...]

Today on NBC’s Today Show, they included a story about how adolescents are experiencing hearing loss, most likely due to exposure to loud noises and ear buds.

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Wake Specialty Physicians – ENT Audiologists Jeanne Lansing and Cameron Warren offer the following suggestions to identify hearing [...]

Stephen Leinenweber is a pediatric intensivist with WakeMed Children’s Hospital.
In the past, we would typically only see Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in patients who had been in the hospital for a long period of time.  Now, we are seeing more and more community acquired infection.  In other words, we are now seeing patients who [...]

This Thursday, fight back with a vengeance against bumps, bruises and bacteria at a FREE safety event just for kids!
Join WakeMed’s Injury Prevention team and Safe Kids Wake County at 7 pm, just before a showing of Monsters vs. Aliens at Koka Booth’s Movies by Moonlight.
Kids will learn about safety through fun activities featuring water [...]

 Keep your child’s trip to school as safe as possible with these tips from www.safekids.org. 
Go Safely on Four Wheels 
• While waiting for the bus, stand back 5 giant steps from the street. 
• When the bus stops, line up in a single-file line. 
• Hold on to the handrails, and be careful that your clothes or other objects [...]

Over the last couple of years, WakeMed’s Families First publication has offered lots of great back-to-school tips for parents and kids.  In anticipation of back-to-school, we will share this timeless information with you from sleep training to vaccinations to packing your child’s lunch to how to know when your child really is too sick for [...]