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How Can a Doctor Choose Medications for Patients Without Data Comparing New Ones to Existing Ones? Half of the Time, They Don’t Have That
Sex Research Review: WSJ Columnist Tells You What’s What
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Would You Spend All You Had to Buy Time If You Had Cancer? See Who Would or Wouldn’t
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Children and Teens Have Higher Cardiovascular Risks When Vitamin D Levels Are Too Low
The lack of vitamin D used to be associated with rickets, bone breaks and deformities, which still is seen in countries where malnutrition is a problem. In developed nations, Vitamin D has been added to foods, one way to get it.
Today, children and adults are suffering from a lack of what was called the “sunshine [...]
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Eighty-One Percent of Kids’ Bath Injuries Due to Falls, Not Scalding
It is easy to see a mental picture — the adult runs a hand through the streaming bath or shower water to make sure it is the right temperature, not too hot, not too cold — for a toddler or young child.
Although that’s always a good idea, the biggest risk to young children is not [...]
JAMA: “The Next Frontier for Patient Safety Is In Plain View…”
This one especially is for you if you are the one in your circle of family and friends who makes the decision about when to call the doctor—or even which doctor to call.
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At the End of Your Life, Will Your Wishes Be Honored? Here’s How
Jane Brody’s column, “Putting Muscle Behind End-of-Life Wishes” is one of the most important you can read on this subject.
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Internet Resource for Parents Who Need to Discuss Sex and Pregnancy Prevention with Their Teenagers
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This is from the newspaper’s column, Mother Lode, and it offers parents age-appropriate introductions to talking about preventing teen pregnancy, sex and other related topics experts recommend.
Twenty-two to be exact.
It is referred to as “The Talk.”
The writer says today’s parents have a tool earlier ones did not: the Internet. Helpful advice is there.
New York Times
…”Research [...]
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“Less than 1% of Children 12-17 Meet Standards for Taking Cholesterol-Reducing Drugs
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We went for the story when it came out. It sounded as if every other kid in America was going to need cholesterol-reducing (statin) drugs, based on new guidelines.
It has not turned out that way.
U.S. News and World Report
“When Dr. Earl S. Ford read that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) was recommending that children [...]
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How Parents Can Help Protect Child’s Mental Health
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Even the dean of a prominent school of public health says he was surprised by these findings.
Episodes of mental illness can be prevented in kids?
Reducing the after-effects is possible for kids?
Yes, the Institute of Medicine says it is true and has proof.
This is from the magazine’s
U.S. News and World Report
“Mental health problems often can be [...]
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What Went Wrong with Peanuts Products? When? Who Knew About It? Why Didn’t Anyone Do Anything?
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(Ed. Note: The USDA is responsible for beef, poultry and eggs. Other foods fall under the jurisdiction of the FDA.)
The estimates of how many people may have been affected by this salmonella outbreak—-those who got sick but whose doctors did not deem their illnesses to be serious enough to merit reporting to the CDC—-vary widely.
It [...]
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FDA Wants to Tackle the Problems of Pain-Killers…What Should You Do When You Get an RX for Powerful Pain Killers?
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What Can You Do?
- You want to get into the habit of doing your own drug checks. Always be clear about what medicines you are being given, why and any potential side effects you should report to the doctor. One concern that the FDA is expressing is that patients are not educated about these [...]
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Going Home from the Hospital….The Whole Exit Plan Needs to Change, Expert Says
News/Commentary
By Cheree Cleghorn, Editor
Last year, there was a study which showed a huge gap between the hospital discharge plan, information patients get just before they go home, and what information, if any, the patient’s own doctor receives about that stay.
If a doctor is to give a patient good follow-up care, the doctor needs to know [...]
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