April 2025 RISKS OF WATER BEAD INGESTION in Pediatrics, vol 155, issue 2, Feb 2025 pg.58. Here is a new hazard for informed parent readers as Haugen et al describes the risks of water bead ingestion. “Water beads consist of water-absorbent polymers made of polyacrylamide that can expand from -0.2 to 56 mm […]
Read More →December 2024 There was a very disturbing article in PEDIATRICS, by Bridget Duffy, BS, et al. “Characteristics of Fatalities Among Sexual-Gender-Diverse Youth in the United States: 2015-2020”, vol. 154, nu 83, Nov.2024. This article stated the following, “Suicide was the most common manner of death for sexual-and gender-diverse youth, despite many decedents receiving […]
Read More →October 2024 Let’s take a look at some recent interesting articles in the pediatric medical literature. Carrie K. Barker, MD, et al wrote THE EVOLUTION of a PEDIATRIC PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: E-CIGARETTE or VAPING-ASSOCIATED LUNG INJURY in PEDICTRICS, vol 153, nu. 5, May 2024, pg. 33. She related how vaping products and e-cigarettes […]
Read More →December 2023 Once again the journal PEDIATRICS has several informative articles that will make you a more aware parent. IQ AFTER PEDIATRIC CONCUSSION by Ashley L. Ware, Ph.D. et al in PEDIATRICS, vol. 153, nu. 2, August 2023. Pg. 21. The authors found no evidence of clinically meaningful differences in IQ scores […]
Read More →April 2023 SCREENS FOR CALMING: USE CAUTION by Radesky et al. Screen time takes another hit! Radesky et al published an interesting article in the JAMA Pediatrics, December 12, 2022 issue A careful study involving 422 children with a mean age of 3.8 years, a range of 3-5 year olds, was made. […]
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