Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter articles from January 1993

Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter archives from January 1993

Study shows the long-term effect of elevated lead in children. (Child Safety and First Aid)
January 1, 1993... Parents are being deluged by warnings in the public media as well as from medical experts about the effect of too much lead on their children's health. While most parents are by now aware that lead is deleterious to children's health, most...

Do hyperactive boys get more injuries?
January 1, 1993... There has always been a concern that boys who are hyperactive have a predisposition to injury because of their hyperactivity. Some studies over the years have supported that idea but they were based on parents' recollections of their child's...

Fever phobia: whose fault is it?
January 1, 1993... I can't tell you how many times this has happened. I return a phone call to a parent and am told the following by someone at the patient's home. "I'm sorry, Doctor. The child's temperature hit 104[degrees], so the parents were afraid to...

Rheumatic fever may be on the decline.
January 1, 1993... Many parents are aware that one of the main reasons to diagnose and treat strep throat in children is to prevent rheumatic fever. However, over the years, this is becoming less of a worry, according to experts at a recent national pediatric...

Lead poisoning: sources of exposure. (ABC's of Child Health Care)
January 1, 1993... Lead, a heavy metal once found distributed throughout the earth's crust, has become increasingly heavily concentrated on the surface of our planet. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, the smelting of ores and the emission of...

The constantly running nose. (ABC's of Child Health Care)
January 1, 1993... Needless to say, the title of this article is self-explanatory. Most kids with this problem have so-called allergic rhinitis, or in simple terms, a runny nose due to allergies. This situation drives parents crazy. They eventually...

Imaginary friends. (ABC's of Child Health Care)
January 1, 1993... One of the greatest joys of parenting is to watch our children grow and develop. A child's mind has no limits. They are not inhibited by natural laws or social mores. Young children don't know that they can't fly; they don't realize that...

Measles vaccine side-effects.
January 1, 1993... Many parents of older children are becoming aware that measles vaccine is now being administered to children twice instead of once. As with the first dose given at 15-months of age, it is usually given in a combined form with the mumps and...