Almost 7 million school-age children (in the United States alone) go to bed dry and wake up wet. Most of them feel like they are alone. They often feel guilty, inadequate, and ashamed. And their parents feel ashamed -- they think they are doing...
The link between children's behavior and diet is far from clear. Most scientific organizations contend there is little relationship, if any; most parents who have seen their kids bouncing off the walls after eating refined sugar believe otherwise.
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Around the world, someone' s young child is killed with a loaded gun every few minutes. This is one of the leading causes of death in children. The problem is worst in countries like the United States where firearms are readily available....
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I've learned that on 11/29/99, the popular television show 7th Heaven (WB, 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., PST) will use drama to teach about huffing, the common, dangerous, and hidden drug abuse epidemic. I urge
parents of school-age children...
Asthma among young children has exploded -- more than doubling in recent years. And an estimated half of the children with asthma haven't even been diagnosed! The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and...
Teens are getting the message. Not long ago, even teens that never used drugs felt that most of the cool kids did. The 12th annual survey conducted by Partnership for a Drug-Free America, released November 1999, found that 40 percent of teens felt "...
The Great American Smokeout is the American Cancer Society's call to stop smoking. We all know that smoking leads to serious health problems for adults, but many people just don't get that being in a room that smells like smoke increases and...
When children have an underlying medical condition, it is easy for parents and others to treat them as fragile. At the 1999 American College of Rheumatology meeting in Boston, experts reported that children afflicted with juvenile rheumatoid...
At the 1999 BabyFaire in Atlanta, I spoke with Dr. Gaylord Lopez, Director of the Georgia Poison Center. We spoke about the dangers of "look-alike" poisons in the home. He related the story of an unfortunate young child that wanted to sprinkle...
As parents we know that having children changes our entire experience of the world. Women also know that the miracle of pregnancy changes the body in tangible ways. New research published in the November, 1999 issue of Nature suggests that pregnancy...
On a trip to New York, I enjoyed spending some time with the medical director of United Healthcare, the nation's second largest health insurer. He explained that they were spending $100 million annually on the administrative costs of the referral...
Dr. Gaylord Lopez of the Georgia Poison Center has mused about new poisoning dangers on the horizon. His concern: the new great tasting flavors of acetaminophen (Tylenol). Acetaminophen overdose is already a major cause of poisoning deaths. The new...
As I watched a hunched, elderly woman shuffle down the street, I was reminded that osteoporosis is a pediatric problem. It is during childhood that calcium intake determines not only whether children will grow as tall as their full potential, but...
Most women have gone through a stage in which intercourse is painful; in up to a third of women, this has lasted a long time. There are many reasons why having sex can hurt.
The high school and college years are an incredible time of exploration. Life is filled with options. You have new freedoms and opportunities, limitless energy, and raging hormones. This combination is exhilarating and dangerous. The exhilaration is...
Infections can be avoided both by decreasing the exposure to germs and by boosting your child’s immunity. Click here for 6 powerful ways to decrease germ exposure.
