Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter articles from November 1992

Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter archives from November 1992

Fire fatalities. (Child Safety & First Aid)
November 1, 1992... The United States has an embarrassingly poor record of fatalities from residential fires. For example, in 1988 there were 552,000 such fires with 5065 deaths and 22,600 additional injuries. Compared to other developed countries these are...

Child health potpourri. (diabetes and attention-deficit disorders in children)(Pediatric Pointers)
November 1, 1992... 1. Is diabetes an infectious disease? Diabetes, as we all should know, is not caused by eating too much sugar. It is caused by the destruction of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. But if sugar doesn't cause this destruction, what...

Working mothers and their children's diets. (Child Health Update)
November 1, 1992... As pediatricians, we sense over and over again from working mothers constant feelings of ambivalence. On the one hand they feel good about themselves because they know their income is helping their family in very positive ways. But this is...

Mother's smoking may affect child's behavior. (Child Safety & First Aid)
November 1, 1992... Over the years, there has been accumulating evidence that children who are exposed to cigarette smoke from their mothers are at risk for some serious health consequences. These risks include low birth weight, higher infant mortality,...

Passive smoking and ear problems in children. (Child Safety & First Aid)
November 1, 1992... Many studies have already shown that children whose mothers smoke have a higher risk of lower respiratory problems such as bronchitis and pneumonia. There has been some suggestion in the scientific literature, although not conclusive, that...

Sleep survey of infants and toddlers. (includes related article on self-soothing) (Child Health Update)
November 1, 1992... Many parents believe that their children's sleep problems are unique. However, health care providers are well aware of how commonly they occur. In fact, as many as 30 percent of children are problem sleepers at one time or another....

Gastroesophageal reflux and abdominal pain. (Pediatric Pointers)
November 1, 1992... A recently published article from the Netherlands may turn out to have real importance for some children with undiagnosable, recurrent abdominal pain. First, however, we need to define gastroesophageal reflux. Under normal conditions,...