Recently added articles from Pediatrics for Parents:
In defense of vaccines--Part II.
Jul 01, 2009; Crislip, Mark ... In Part I, I talked about the anti-vaccination movement and tried to debunk some of the popular reasons people are against vaccinating their child. In this segment, I am going to take a brief tour of the childhood vaccines and review the morbidity and mortality caused by ...
New treatment for hemangiomas.(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Serendipity can lead to some useful treatments. In this is the case it's a new treatment for hemangiomas. Hemangiomas are vascular abnormalities that usually appear on infants' faces. They are red, sometimes flat and sometime raised. They grow as the child gets older. Sometimes ...
Sleep disturbance and cognition.(In the Literature: Brief Summaries and Comments on Articles from Medical Literature)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Question: Could sleep disturbances be the cause of significant emotional and cognitive immaturity? The Study: The sleep patterns of fifty Israeli children who were judged by school officials unready to be promoted from kindergarten to first grade were compared to those of 98 ...
Diaper changes and UTIs.(In the Literature: Brief Summaries and Comments on Articles from Medical Literature)(urinary tract infections)
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Question: Is there an association between urinary tract infections (UTIs) in infants and how often their diapers are changed? The Study: Infants two to 30 months old with a temperature of 100.4[degrees]F or greater were tested for having a UTI. Of the 128 in the study, 32 ...
Tylenol overdose.(Children in Hospitals)
Jul 01, 2009; Monaco, John E. ... Christie is a 13-year-old average American girl and, for a time, everything seemed to be going great for her. She was in a school she liked and was doing well. She had a boyfriend, not a serious thing, but enough so she could tell her friends she was no longer "single." And she had become ...
Swimming lessons and drowning risk.(In the Literature: Brief Summaries and Comments on Articles from Medical Literature)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Question: Are children who had swimming lessons more or less likely to drown than children who haven't had lessons? The Study: Researchers looked at the drowning deaths in six states from mid-2003 to mid-2005 of children one to nineteen years old. They eliminated cases where ...
Maternal steroid use and hypospadias.(In the Literature: Brief Summaries and Comments on Articles from Medical Literature)
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Question: Does taking corticosteroids while pregnant increase hypospadias in their offspring? The Study: A review of 1,165 cases of hypospadias (a birth defect occurring in 1 in 250 to 300 males where the urethra doesn't extend the full length of the penis and opens ...
Sibling statistics.(Perspectives on Parenting)(Report)
Jul 01, 2009; Meyerhoff, Michael K. ... There is a wonderful exercise in critical thinking that I routinely do with the college students in my child development classes. I tell them about a study done several years ago involving more than 900,000 children from 12 industrialized countries, including the United States and Canada ....
Product safety recalls.
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Consumer Product Safety Commission regularly issues recalls for products that pose a safety risk to users. On the Pediatrics for Parents website we list recalls of children's products. Here's list of the recent products recalled. Learn more by visiting the website. ...
Sports injury prevention.
Jul 01, 2009; Darling, Tammy ... According to the CDC, each year over 775,000 children under age 15 are treated in hospital emergency departments for sports-related injuries. Approximately 80 percent of these injuries occur while playing football, basketball, baseball or soccer. For boys, football, wrestling, soccer, ...
Diagnosing head lice.(In the Literature)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Question: Which is the better method for diagnosing head lice--visual inspection or wet combing? The Study: Three hundred and four children from primary schools in which head lice infestation was epidemic were checked in five areas (temples, behind the ears, and neck) where ...
Pacifier use: a guide on benefits, risks, safety and weaning.
Jul 01, 2009; Sexton, Sumi M. ... "We're just not sure about giving the pacifier to our newborn. We've heard so many different things from family and friends that we don't know what to believe. Is there any proof out there about whether the pacifier is good and bad?" We've all been plagued with mixed messages on ...
Vaccination pain.(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009; ... Vaccinations can hurt. And they hurt more if a child has to get more than one at a time. It turns out that the order the shots are given can affect the amount of pain the child experiences. In a study of 120 children in Toronto, Canada age two to six months old, half received ...
Home otoscope.(Pediatric Insider)
Jul 01, 2009; Benaroch, Roy ... Q Should I buy an otoscope to look in my child's ears? I can never tell if he has an infection. A Using an otoscope and knowing what you're looking at aren't always easy, and home otoscopy probably isn't a good idea for everyone. Ear infections are both easy to over-diagnose and ...
Molluscum.(Pediatric Insider)
Jul 01, 2009; Benaroch, Roy ... Q My son has molluscum, and the pediatrician says we don t need to treat them. But they're spreading, and there must be something we can do, right? A Molluscum contagiosum (warts) is caused by a viral infection in the skin. In some individuals, this virus triggers little ...
Over-the-counter antihistamines.(A Primer on ...)
Jul 01, 2009; Sibley, Cate ... Allergic rhinitis, more commonly known as seasonal or year-round (perennial) allergies, or hay fever, occurs in about 40% of children in the United States. Since more over-the-counter allergy medications have become available, more parents are self-treating their children, without learning ...
Unlock the mystery of autism spectrum disorder--Part 1.
Jul 01, 2009; Mintz, Michelle ... Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that impacts typical development and functioning of the brain. Most noticeably it affects both verbal and non-verbal communication skills, which correspondingly negatively impacts social interactions. Children with autism have difficulty ...
Surviving your child's cancer diagnosis.
Jul 01, 2009; Abrams, Suzanne ... We all think there is a situation or a set of circumstances we could never make it through. One of the most devastating things parents could ever imagine is being given the news that their child has been diagnosed with cancer. With all of the fears and uncertainties that come with that ...
Snoring and mood.(In the Literature)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Question: Are sleep disorders in children a risk factor for mood disorders? The Study: One sign of sleeping problems is sleep disordered breathing (SDB) resulting in snoring. In this study, 43 snorers and 46 non-snorers three to six years old all were tested for attention ...
Bedwetting.(In the Literature)(Brief article)
Jul 01, 2009; ... The Question: Do ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, etc.) or pseudoephedrine (Sudafed and others products), either alone or in combination, help children with bedwetting? The Study: The 318 six-to-eleven-year olds in the study had a history of primary nocturnal enuresis (PND--bedwetting) ...
