Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter articles from June 1992

Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter archives from June 1992

Equine encephalitis. (excerpts from a Massachusetts Department of Public Health bulletin)
June 1, 1992... Summer is upon us, and for all of us who care for young children, the usual seasonal worries: accidents, sunburns, and bug bites...and insect-borne disease. A big worry for certain parts of the country is Eastern Equine Encephalitis. If you...

Breast-feeding and mother's diet: can it prevent allergies?
June 1, 1992... Can it prevent allergies? When a family already has a child with allergic problems, such as eczema, asthma, or hay fever, a natural concern is how to prevent such problems from occurring in subsequent children. Diet has long been...

AIDS in school and day-care.
June 1, 1992... Due to a torrent of media-provoked fear and anxiety about AIDS, Ryan White, an HIV-infected hemophiliac youth, was excluded from school in Indiana from 1984 to 1986. Since that time, the Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of...

Many trips to the bathroom might mean stress in a child.
June 1, 1992... Most parents are aware that a change in a child's urinary habits, such as making more trips to the bathroom, could be a sign of some serious problem. Diseases that usually come to mind most frequently include a urinary tract infection or...

Recommendations for trampoline use have their ups and downs.
June 1, 1992... An American circus acrobat invented the trampoline in 1936; its first real use was to train allied fighter pilots in World War II. Over the following decades it became an increasingly popular recreation both in homes and schools, until reports...