Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter articles from September 1993

Pediatric Report's Child Health Newsletter archives from September 1993

Hair loss in children. (causes and treatment)
September 1, 1993... Did you know that the average human head has about 100,000 hairs? About 90 percent of this hair is actively growing while the other 10 percent is in a resting or falling-out phase. It is normal to lose up to 100 hairs daily. Hair growth,...

It's never safe to snort. (cocaine use during pregnancy could cause brain damage to the fetus)
September 1, 1993... A while back we reported on some of the dangers of cocaine use during pregnancy. There have been additional recent studies demonstrating serious brain damage to the unborn baby exposed to cocaine, clearly seen with modern imaging techniques....

Epilepsy in children and risk of drowning. (includes related article on recommendations to children with epilepsy)
September 1, 1993... Epilepsy is a relatively common disorder of childhood. Estimates from around the world show that as many as 0.5-1 percent of children are affected. As summertime approaches parents often seek advice about how these youngsters should conduct...

Neurodevelopmental outcome of small premature babies. (assessment deals with one point in time and does not give entire picture of child's health)
September 1, 1993... Modern neonatal intensive care techniques have improved to the point that often the survival of small premature infants is taken for granted. Even the very small neonate weighing less than 1500 grams has a very high survival rate. In fact,...

When to worry about falls. (includes related article on injuries from a fall)
September 1, 1993... Scarcely a day goes by in a pediatrician's office when there isn't a panicked call from a parent about a child's fall. It could be about one-year-old taking his first step and falling on his forehead. It could be about a two-year-old who fell...

Where the germs hide in day-care.
September 1, 1993... One of the more vexing problems in day-care is that of outbreaks of diarrhea among the children. Compared to most infectious diseases in day-care, diarrhea is the one problem that really necessitates exclusion of a child from the day-care...

Iron deficiency. (includes related articles on prevention and treatment)
September 1, 1993... Iron deficiency appears to be less common today for several reasons, but is still around and more prevalent among lower socioeconomic groups. A recent review article in The New England Journal of Medicine by the leading pediatric hematologist,...