Archive for November, 2007

Kids Should Blame Us for Children’s Health

Life has changed since I was kid. Most of the things that kids take for granted these days such as bicycle helmets, we didn’t have when we were kids. We also didn’t have to take our children everywhere to worry about pedophiles on the street. Life was good and life was safe. Now, parents throughout [...]

U.S. Food and Drug Administration to Add Warning Label to Popular Flu Drugs

After 25 deaths in children while taking Tamiflu and an unusual number of occurrences of neurological disorders in children taking Relenza, a panel of pediatic experts will meet on November 27 to review the safety profile of the two most popular flu drugs. There is no evidence that directly links the drugs to the events [...]

Are Tonsil and Adenoid Surgerys Helpful?

Tonsil and adenoid surgery are the most common major surgeries performed in children.
Children with frequent throat infections and obstructive sleep apnea were excluded from the study because the researchers concluded that the value of the surgery in those patient groups is not disputed.
However, the results of the study were surprising, even to the researchers. In [...]

What the national healthcare argument means for our kids

Written by Michael Vass
So, everyone wants to talk about nationalized healthcare. Presidential candidates, Congress, Conservatives and Liberals. There are just massive amounts of communication on the issue. You hear about it from pundits on cable news channels, listen to answers (and half-answers) about it from candidates, read polls on it in newspapers and countless blogs [...]

Smoking by Teenagers May Be On the Rise for the First Time in Decades

According to a report just released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the decades long decline in smoking among Americans has failed to decline for the past 3 years. Even more worrisome is that the pattern of decline has also stalled among  high school students. In fact, some are analyzing the data along [...]

Old Wives Tales about kids

Written by Michael Vass
We have all heard of Old Wives Tales that have cures and ideas about all types of maladies for adults and children alike. From the way a woman carries a baby determining the child’s sex, to one of my Grandmother’s favorites for curing a cold (warm milk with scotch – God bless [...]

Are Sneaky Chefs Dangerous?

My wife called me the other day and asked me to order the best selling book “The Sneaky Chef”. I was watching one of the late night cable TV talk shows a few weeks ago when I first heard of the book and my first reaction was, “What a great idea.” Spinach in brownies. What a concept. [...]