Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter articles from September 1991

Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter archives from September 1991

Which is safer - day-care or home?
September 1, 1991... When parents consider the possibility of placing their child in day-care, there often appears to be an underlying theme of guilt. Am I doing the best for my child? Will there be psychological harm by the separation? Is there an increased...

Hospital-acquired infection.
September 1, 1991... Pediatricians tend to look at the hospitalization of a child as a last resort. With powerful, modern antibiotics, oral electrolyte solutions and new treatments for asthma, hospitalization rates for acute illness have dramatically decreased....

Is childhood sexual abuse really on the rise?
September 1, 1991... The past two decades have witnessed an overwhelming number of reports on the incidence of childhood sexual abuse. From these reports, most parents would naturally be led to believe that this phenomenon has been and continues to be on the rise...

Knowledge versus attitude about AIDS in day-care.
September 1, 1991... Day-care workers, para-medics, parents and dentists all have something in common, as do teachers and emergency room personnel. In fact, more and more of us are finding this common concern in our lives. Of course, that common "something" is the...

Toothpaste-induced asthma.
September 1, 1991... Parents with asthmatic children are usually aware that asthma can be triggered by upper respiratory infections, dust, cigarette smoke, pets and pollens. So here is a new one on us. In The New England Journal of Medicine, a physician...

Meningitis sequelae. (complications of Hemophilus influenza meningitis, which can be prevented with the new form of the HIB vaccine)
September 1, 1991... The new form of the HIB vaccine, now being used in infants, will hopefully significantly reduce the incidence of Hemophilus influenza meningitis. Because it is a new practice to use it in infancy, some parents have refused the product in spite...

Oral behaviors. (thumbsucking, finger sucking & biting)
September 1, 1991... Two annoying behaviors related to the mouth invariably wind up at the top of the discussion list of many parents: thumbsucking and biting. Their ability to generate strong emotion causes parents and pediatricians to spend many hours a day...

Fruit juice - don't bother. (problems associated with young children's intake of fruit juices)
September 1, 1991... The love affair between parents and juice never ceases to amaze me. It has always seemed to me that juice causes nothing but problems. In fact, I have always insisted that parents avoid the use of juice for most of their child's first year of...