Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter articles from June 1993

Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter archives from June 1993

Parental smoking and the sudden infant death syndrome.
June 1, 1993... Nothing good has been ever said about smoking and we're not about to start. It kills those who do it and now it appears it can kill their children. That's the conclusion of a large study out of New Zealand in which hundreds of cases of...

Children's posthospital behavior.
June 1, 1993... This interesting piece of research looks at the behavior of hospitalized children after they are discharged. It is a retrospective analysis using data accumulated over the last 25 years. The authors feel that most of the data recently...

Breast-feeding protects against ear infections.
June 1, 1993... The most common disease that pediatricians treat with antibiotics is an ear infection (otitis media). It's been found that 62% of infants will have at least one episode and 17% will have at least three episodes of acute otitis media during...

ADHD; medication vs behavior modification. (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
June 1, 1993... This next decade should witness an explosion of scientific information dealing with the problem of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder of childhood. The formerly dismal outcome for these children has been altered by a new awareness of...

What do first-graders think of thumb-suckers?
June 1, 1993... Thumb-sucking in childhood is often a major concern to parents. Most pediatric experts, however, feel that it "is common, harmless, and sometimes even healthful in very young children and less common but also usually harmless in older...

Heart murmurs and the dentist.
June 1, 1993... It's standard when you or your child goes to the dentist for the first time that you'll be questioned about the presence of a heart murmur. Many people are not sure why this is asked. Does it mean that dental procedures or anesthesia could...

Sleep apnea in children.
June 1, 1993... Sleep apnea in children A few years ago our newsletter reviewed one of the first articles published about sleep disturbances in children. Since that time the topic has been receiving a lot more attention. Disturbed sleep may be...