All Entries in the "Child Health & Disorders" Category
The Smoking Ban – Good for Your Kids
Adults who smoke are likely to be irritated at how few places they are allowed to smoke in, but they can take heart from the fact that all the various smoking bans mean that kids are getting less second hand smoke.
Bans that prohibit smoking in public places like offices and restaurants mean that people have [...]
Helping Children With ADHD Cope With School
When you are a parent of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, otherwise known ADHD, coping can be difficult even on the child’s best behavior days.
This is especially true if your child seems to be having problems coping with school work or classmates. There are ways of helping a child with these problems without [...]
Meningitis Vaccine Top Ups Advised For Older Children
A new study by a team of researchers from the Oxford University has claimed that there is reason to offer booster doses of the meningitis C vaccine to children 10 years after the first dose.
The meningitis vaccine is routinely administered as part of the usual childhood vaccinations. However when researchers examined the efficacy of the [...]
Weight Loss Surgery For Kids Only In Extreme Cases
The grim specter of an obese populace and even more worryingly, obese children does indeed stare us in the face. Doubtless, something drastic is required if our children are not to grow up to live shorter lives than us, but experts are cautious about weight loss drugs and advise against weight loss surgery in all [...]
Parents Confused About Children’s Tylenol Recall
Manufacturing deficiencies were detected by FDA inspection in liquid formulations of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl for infants and children. The inspection was carried out at McNeil plant in Fort Washington, Pa, which is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.
Consumers, particularly parents are advised not to use the products since they may have a higher [...]
Things Parents Of Autistic Children Should Know
A parent who herself has an autistic child and works with a non-profit organization relating to autism, Joanna Jaeger Board Chairperson of Parents Helping Parents, has the following to say about autism to other parents with autistic children:
Getting in touch with other parents of autistic children is very important. It eases the isolation, acts as [...]
Parents Crucial In Managing Child’s Diabetes
According to a recent study, parental involvement in managing type 1 or juvenile diabetes is the key to control of the disease and prevention of further complications.
Yes, having a child with diabetes is distressing and difficult. However, when parents monitor the condition of their child closely, there is a better chance that children will take [...]
What Parents Need To Know About Eating Disorders – Part 2
We earlier spoke about what Parents need to know about Eating disorders according to Jane Cawley. Here is what else Cawley, co-chair of Maudsley Parents has to say about eating disorders and children:
Family based treatment for eating disorders have been seen to be very effective and can start with bringing the weight of a sufferer [...]
What Parents Need To Know About Eating Disorders – Part 1
Jane Cawley who has worked tirelessly for several years to make eating disorders better understood has this to say about them to parents:
It is a misconception that eating disorders are a matter of choice. Binging and purging is a pattern that develops and quickly goes out of the control of the person with the disorder. [...]
It May Be Possible To Beat The Obesity Gene
If you worry that you have passed on your tendency to be obese on to your children, then this may offer hope:
Though genetics do in fact impact the risk of obesity, by exercising you can overcome this genetic predisposition. So a parent can do a lot to make sure that their teen exercises and is [...]
