Young & Healthy
Cincinnati Children’s Young & Healthy features thoughts and perspectives from kids health experts, patients, families – and even kids! – on all things pediatric health. Join us for lively conversations about current health topics and issues that affect children today. This podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
Episodes
Friday Oct 13, 2023
What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie? Halloween and Kids
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Calling all the ghouls, ghosts and goblins! It’s Friday the 13th and we are thinking about all the scary things. The exposure to all things spooky can be challenging for families to navigate. You may be wondering if it’s okay for your children to be scared? The short answer is, yes! On today’s episode of Young & Healthy, pediatric psychologist Dr. Shivali Sarawgi, joins us to discuss how to expose your children to scary things at the appropriate time, how to help kids understand the difference between reality and the unreal and to help them feel safe even when things are scary. We also talk about how to help kids navigate feelings of being scared and the importance of parental involvement when kids want to watch scary movies or play intense video games. Don’t miss this fang-tastic episode! Happy Halloween!
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Infant Series: Postpartum & Maternal Depression
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Did you know, 50-75% of new moms who have postpartum depression are never diagnosed? Welcoming a new baby is a life-changing experience that comes with significant hormonal, physical and emotional changes. Stress, anxiety, sadness and fear are all normal emotions during the postpartum period. You’re likely familiar with words like postpartum depression, perinatal depression, maternal depression, and baby blues. But what do they all mean?
Today we have a profound and powerful conversation with Dr. Rachel Herbst, pediatric psychologist and therapist Kara Messmore about these types of depression and their impact on families and children. We learn how to identify symptoms of PPD and discuss psychosocial stressors that pre-dispose parents to depression. Kara and Rachel also provide tips on how families and friends can support new parents and ways for caregivers to take care of themselves, which is the most important thing a new parent can do for their own health and for their baby.
Resources:
For more information on Moving Beyond Depression at Cincinnati Children’s, please watch this video to learn more: Moving Beyond Depression | Cincinnati Children's
For additional resources in the Greater Cincinnati Area, visit:
Cradle Cincinnati: Cradle Cincinnati (squarespace.com)
Queen’s Village: Queens Village (blackwomenforthewin.com)
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Heavy Menstrual Bleeding: What’s Normal?
Friday Sep 15, 2023
Friday Sep 15, 2023
It is well known that menstrual cycles can be stressful and painful – especially when a young person first starts their period. Most people learn from their family members about what to expect and how to be as comfortable as possible during menstrual cycles.
But what if your family’s “normal” isn’t normal at all? Margo D’Agostino had excessively heavy menstrual bleeding for years – including some symptoms, that in hindsight, were quite alarming. But her mom had the same experience, so they together decided it must be normal. Spoiler, it wasn’t normal – Margo has a bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand’s disease, that other members of her family likely have too.
On the podcast today, Margo and Dr. Maria Carter Febres, a pediatric hematologist, join us to talk about bleeding disorders and Margo’s journey to find answers about her health. We talk about typical menstruation experiences, the importance of normalizing conversations about monthly cycles and what to do if something doesn’t seem quite right with your own or your child’s health.
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Sudden Cardiac Arrest: Preparation Over Fear
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Friday Sep 01, 2023
Sudden cardiac arrest often happens without warning. There have been several recent cases of cardiac arrest in young athletes, covered in the news. The thought of your child’s heart stopping, is truly terrifying. But instead of worrying that it could happen, we recommend everyone prepare, so you are ready if you ever witness a sudden cardiac arrest.
In this episode, Dr. Adam Powell, a pediatric cardiologist, and Brenda Williams, an RN in the Heart Institute and Simulation Center, are here to discuss cardiac arrest and project ADAM. We define sudden cardiac arrest, talk about warning signs and discuss AEDs and why they are so important. Project ADAM is helping schools become heart safe, and we talk about their work and how schools can get involved. This episode is loaded with information and advice that could be a difference-maker if you ever witness a sudden cardiac arrest. Parents of athletes in particular, need to listen to this one.
For more information on Project ADAM, please visit: https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/h/heart-institute/project-adam
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Summer Schedules & Diets – A Recipe for Kidney Stones
Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
It’s the end of summer and fall is right around the corner. Kids have been on summer schedules – and summer diets! This combination – and many other everyday factors – can lead to kidney stones in children and teens. On today’s episode of Young & Healthy, we sit down with Dr. Bob DeFoor, a pediatric urologist who has treated children and teens with kidney stones for more than 20 years. He talks to us about the condition, causes, symptoms and the many ways the team at the Pediatric Stone Center helps treat and prevent kidney stones for pediatric patients.
Resources:
To learn more about the Pediatric Stone Center, visit Pediatric Stone Center | Cincinnati Children’s (cincinnatichildrens.org)
Call the Pediatric Stone Center at 513-803-ROCK where a provider will get to you right away.