Child

Childhood obesity is a complex disease that affects 1 in 5 kids. Children that are overweight or obese are more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes, asthma, heart disease, sleep apnea, etc. While there are many contributing factors to childhood obesity,...

In 2012, President Obama proclaimed September as National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to bring awareness to pediatric cancer, the leading cause of death by disease for children under the age of 14. In this blog, we want to honor those who suffer...

August is spinal muscular atrophy awareness month, and we want to share some valuable information about the disease with you. Spinal muscular atrophy attacks motor nerve cells in the spinal cord, taking away a child’s ability to walk, breathe, and...

National Poison Prevention Week is a week in March that highlights the dangers of poisonings and how you can prevent them. This is especially important if you have children in your house who love to explore and tend to get into anything that they can....

Poison

Travel can be stressful for everyone. And if you have a child with complex needs, a medical condition, or another form of special needs, that stress can be compounded. At Life Tech, we are focused on serving the healthcare needs of children...

Complex Child, Complex Needs, Medically Fragile

As Halloween approaches, your kids are most likely getting excited about the idea of going door-to-door, showing off their costumes and eating lots of goodies. It’s not as easy as it sounds when you have a child who lives with...

Complex Child, Halloween

Obesity rates are continually climbing across all age groups. In addition to adults seeing higher instances of being overweight or obese,  children are seeing the same. Currently, about 30% of children...

BMI, Childhood, Obesity, Overweight

Cerebral palsy, or CP, is a disability that affects a person’s balance and movement with the severity varying from person to person. Whether you know someone with CP or simply want to learn more about the disability, this is the blog for...

Cerebral Palsy, Child, CP