Child health app - iPhone and iPad apps from the BMJ Group - Best Health
Parents constantly face decisions about their children's health, and it can be hard to know where to turn for trustworthy answers. With up-to-date, reliable, plain English information from the Best Health child health app, you can check the symptoms of illnesses, find out which treatments work - and which ones don't, and learn the key questions to raise with your doctor.
The child health app from Best Health offers trustworthy, up-to-date answers to questions such as:
How can I help my child sleep through the night?
What treatments can help soothe a colicky baby?
What treatments work best for controlling my child's asthma?
Are steroids safe?
What treatments work best for getting rid of head lice?
How do I treat a nosebleed?
Should my child have their tonsils out?
What are the symptoms of depression in children?
Are antidepressants safe for young people?
Could my child have ADHD?
What treatments work best for ADHD? Are they safe?
With so many apps and websites offering conflicting information about children's health, it's difficult to know who to trust. The Best Health apps are produced by the internationally respected BMJ Group, publisher of the British Medical Journal, and have been awarded the Department of Health's Information Standard quality mark. They're based on the same high-quality medical trials that doctors rely on, and are regularly updated.
The app explains medical terms in plain English – we've been awarded the Plain English Campaign's Crystal Mark. As well as helping you choose treatments, the app tells you what causes a condition, helps you spot it by describing the symptoms, and explains the outlook.
The child health app from Best Health gives you the information you need to make decisions about your child's health, including helpful sections like:
Questions to ask your doctor. As a busy parent you often don't have time to prepare a list of questions before your child's doctor's appointment. We provide ready-made lists for you.
Treatment ratings. You can quickly see what treatments work best for a condition, and which are approved by the NHS
Harms information. Side effects from drugs and other treatments are of key concern to parents. We provide details on possible harms for the treatments we cover.
Symptoms, risk factors. We provide detailed descriptions of conditions, their symptoms and what causes them, based on dependable sources, and presented in plain English.
Conditions covered in this app:
Absence seizures
Asthma
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Autism
Bedwetting
Bronchiectasis
Bronchiolitis
Colic
Constipation
Depression
Diarrhoea
Ear infections
Eczema
Febrile convulsions Reflux (GORD)
Glue ear
Head lice
Impetigo
Streptococcus infections in newborn babies
Measles, mumps, and rubella, and the MMR vaccine
Migraines
Nosebleeds
Ringworm
Sickle cell disease
Sleep problems
Sudden infant death syndrome
Tonsillitis
Toxoplasmosis in pregnancy
Urinary tract infections
Weight problems
