Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter articles from December 1992

Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter archives from December 1992

Childhood asthma and psychological help.
December 1, 1992... Childhood asthma can be a debilitating disease. However, most children with this condition can be helped with the wide variety of drugs and treatments available today. In fact, most asthmatic children in 1992 can lead normal lives....

Helping to keep your child fit.
December 1, 1992... Most parents nowadays are aware that they have a responsibility in keeping their children in good physical condition. That means encouraging them to eat the right foods to promote growth and prevent obesity and encouraging them to participate...

Left to themselves, kids tend to eat enough.
December 1, 1992... In spite of the fact that their children look as healthy as could be, many parents tend to feel that their children just aren't eating enough. "I just don't know how he stays alive. He just doesn't eat." "I'm telling you, nothing, I...

Day-care health and injury. (carbon dioxide levels; playground safety)
December 1, 1992... Recent articles published in the American Journal of Public Health addressed two very interesting day-care issues. The first article researched air quality in day-care centers in Montreal, Canada; the second was a follow-up study done on...

What to give a child with diarrhea.
December 1, 1992... Most cases of diarrhea in infants and young children are mild, self-limited conditions. But often they can be very serious. In the United States more than 200,000 children per year, most under one year of age, are hospitalized with diarrheal...

Do supplemental bottles affect the nursing experience?
December 1, 1992... When a woman is about to have a child, she must make many decisions. One of the most important is whether she will breast-feed or use formula. If she does choose to nurse, she must decide whether to nurse exclusively, or to use some...

Milk - we're not ready to give it up yet. (Editorial)
December 1, 1992... It had to happen. First red meat, then apples, then eggs, but really...milk? Not since the strontium-90 scare of the fifties has milk come under attack, and not just by some obscure scientific types, but by some of the bastions of pediatric...