Pediatrics for Parents back issues from Monday, June 1:
Treating A Sore Throat.(use of antibiotics studied)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 1998 ... What's the treatment for a sore throat? To most parents, the answer is "antibiotics." But what happens if you don't treat a sore throat? To shed some light on this question, doctors in England divided 716 children with a sore throat and abnormal findings on examination in one of three ...
Treating Warts.(with cimetidine)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 1998 ... Warts, particularly if there are many, can be very difficult to treat. If a child has only a few, and will cooperate with the treatment, then there are many different ways to try and eradicate this viral infection. But if the child has numerous warts, common treatments such as freezing, ...
Gun Safety.(for children)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 1998 ... Guns kill a lot of children. In 1994, firearms were involved in the death of over 900 children under 15 years old: 185 were unintentional, 188 were suicides, 499 were homicides, and 30 were of undetermined intent. Over fours times as many children suffered non-fatal injuries. ...
Bottled Water and Tooth Decay.(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 1998 ... Bottled water may taste better than tap water, but it's use may contribute to dental decay. Most bottled water, unlike tap water, contains no fluoride. Actually, only 20 of more than 500 brands of bottled water sold in the United States have fluoride. "I'm concerned about people ...
Emergency! An Allergic Reaction To Insect Stings.(in children)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 1998; ... In and out of school, children are prone to all sorts of disasters. Unfortunately, often such emergencies occur with shocking swiftness. Often, too, they come as a surprise, "out of the blue" so to speak. A systemic allergic reaction to an insect sting is just such an ...
Growing Pains.(limb pain is not related to growth)(Brief Article)
Jun 01, 1998; ... In 1923 the French physician Duchamp described children with limb pains that he felt were related to growth abnormalities. Unexplained limb pain was thought to be disease related until work during the twentieth century separated children with benign limb pain from those with disease. In ...
TV Watching.
Jun 01, 1998 ... There's some good new about children watching TV -- they're watching less! According to a Nielsen study, children two to eleven years old are currently watching 18% less TV now than in 1984. That's more than a five hours per week decline. The bad news is that children two to ...
The Latest on Ear Infections.
Jun 01, 1998 ... At a recent conference on pediatric infectious diseases, Jerome Klein, M.D., of the Boston Medical Center, posed and then answered questions concerning otitis media. Here's his list. What Are the Latest Figures on Otitis Media? The number of office visits for otitis ...
Croup- A Common Problem Just For Kids.
Jun 01, 1998; ... To seasoned parents, the signs and symptoms of croup are easily recognizable. Commonly, the child with croup wakes up in the middle of the night, after a fairly uneventful day, with a "barking" cough, fever, irritability and progressive difficulty breathing. A call to the doctor illicits ...
Children's Nutrition.
Jun 01, 1998 ... How well do our children eat? The answer is "Not very well." An analysis of the eating habits of 3,307 children 2 to 19 years old found that only one percent met all the dietary recommendations of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The data ...
Easing The Pain of Immunization.
Jun 01, 1998 ... For many children and parents, the worst part of a well child exam is the immunizations. Nothing can turn a happy and cooperative child into an uncontrollable animal than the appearance of a needle. One way to lessen the pain of the needle is applying EMLA cream on the child's ...
Learning To Give Medicine The Right Way.
Jun 01, 1998 ... Giving children medicine properly is important. Yet recent studies have shown that the majority of parents don't -- particularly when the medicine is a liquid. A recent study found that, with proper training, most parents can be taught to give accurate doses of liquid medicine. ...
Geography 101.
Jun 01, 1998; ... The average person's lack of knowledge in the area of geography is appalling -- but it is not surprising. After all, for most people, learning geography was strictly a matter of formal instruction involving nothing more than rote memorization. No wonder they failed to understand, much less ...
Growth Hormone Use.
Jun 01, 1998 ... Short stature may signal a deficiency of growth hormone. But it may not. There are tests to determine if a child has low levels of growth hormone. If so, these children's growth rate increases with supplement growth hormone. Using growth hormone in short statured children with ...
Special Rewards.
Jun 01, 1998; ... I remember driving along the interstate one day when a large Lincoln zipped past. For some reason, I glanced at its license plate. Because it past so fast, I couldn't read it, but I did notice there were a lot of words on it. Risking life, limb, and a speeding ticket, I managed ...
Untrue Toy Claims.
Jun 01, 1998 ... Hasbro, one of the largest toy manufacturers in this country, recently claimed that nine of its Playskool toys will protect children from germs. Unfortunately for Hasbro, the Environmental Protection Agency disagreed, finding the claim inaccurate and misleading. Hasbro treated ...