Recently added articles from Pediatrics for Parents:
Toilet-training norms.(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... What's the best age to start toilet training a child? A recent study didn't try to answer that question, but it did look at the bowel habits and toilet training of developmentally normal children. Questionnaires concerning toilet training were sent to the parents of 1,142 ...
Predicting physical activity.(Report)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... Good motor skills are important for success in physical activities. A recent study has shown that good motor skills as a child are a good predictor of adolescent participation in physical activities. In the study, Australian researchers evaluated the motor skills of 481 children ...
Peanut allergy.
May 01, 2009; ... Almost 12 million Americans suffer from food allergies, including 2.2 million children. Out of these people, 3.3 million are allergic to peanuts. While certain drugs can be used to treat an allergic reaction, like skin or respiratory, there is actually no approved treatment for any food ...
Respecting the spleen.(Children in Hospitals)(Case study)
May 01, 2009; ... It is not often in pediatrics that we pay much attention to the spleen. It is one of those mysterious organs that we know is important, but most folks would have a difficult time describing what it actually does, or even where it is! I had two cases recently that illustrated the importance ...
Time of conception and birth defects.(Children in Hospitals)(Report)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009; ... Season of conception may be related to the birth defect rate. When looking at 30.1 million U.S. births between 1996 and 2002, researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine and University of Cinncinnati found a strong relationship between birth defects and time of conception (last ...