American Children Are Not Consuming Enough Milk
A recent study from Penn State has found that American children are drinking insufficient amounts of milk and the dairy they are choosing to consume are very high in fat. The study examined a children's daily dairy intake and compared it with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPyramid dairy recommendations. The findings revealed that only 2 to 3 year olds met the MyPyramid dairy recommendations. It was also observed that most children choose to eat more of the highest fat varieties of cheese, yogurt, ice cream, and dairy based toppings.
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Children & Pain Relief
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Children & Pain Relief
When your child gets hurt, and complains of pain, what do you use to treat the hurt and the injury?
A new study looks at three commonly used medicines for kids’ pain…and found which one works best.
You’d think that after decades of using tylenol, ibuprofen, and codeine, we’d have a grasp on which is best for pain due to musculoskeletal injuries--things like bruises, and even fractures.
But there hasn’t been a lot of research into this, which is why this new study sheds a lot of light on the issue.
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Autism and ADHD Diagnosis
Autism and ADHD are two very different childhood diagnoses, but some overall questions in common: are they over diagnosed, and are there truly epidemics of these two conditions?
It’s instructive to first say that no one study, including these two new studies in the journal pediatrics will give the final answer to these questions.
But they do give us some more perspective that numbers are easily spun, or are at least misinterpreted, to affect a perspective.
So, what’s in a name?
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ADHD and Television
Can television actually cause your child to develop attention deficit disorder?
There have been studies suggesting this is true, and now another new study weighs in.
There are many reasons for experts to be concerned about the ill effects television can have on children.
One concern is that too much watching can trigger attention problems.
But a major study out of the American Academy of Pediatrics now says that’s probably not the case.
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Zach Neville was 4 years old when doctors diagnosed him with ADHD.
“They were really the classic symptoms if you go on the internet and you look at what the diagnostic criteria are, the impulsivity, the hyperactive, the inattentiveness, they were social skills issues going on, there was a lot of acting out, not being about to sit still during circle time, very basic preschool activities,” says Zach’s mother, Jeanne Neville.
Jeanne, Zach’s mom, says initially she felt overwhelmed and confused on how to best take care of her son. Their family first started with an intensive behavior management plan, but, as Zach entered school he needed medication and additional therapy.
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If your child as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder—ADHD--you might have found it’s not so easy to get your child diagnosed and then started on medication. That’s because, according to new research, many pediatricians don’t want to treat the problem.
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TV AND LEARNING
There are certainly programs which provide an educational value to kids. But several new studies show that the effects of television on children are not always beneficial. Early exposure of a child to television can slow the ability of the child to think. And in older kids, it can even affect whether or not they go on to a higher education.
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At first glance, Sean looks like your typical 12 year old, mesmerized by his video games. But, Sean’s mom, Susan, tells us she knew from when he was just 5 years old, he was different. “He was very unsettled and had problems sitting still in the classroom and liked to wonder around,” says Susan.
Sean has ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It’s a condition characterized by impulsivity, overactivity and inattention.
“We started him on a low dose of medication to try to help him,” says Susan.
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ADHD brain scans have revealed new information that might help doctors develop more effective ADHD treatments. These new findings show that the problem may in fact be due to a physical problem with the nerves in the brain.
It’s believed that perhaps as many as five percent of school-aged children and four percent of adults have ADHD--attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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“He was just so out of control with his hyperactivity that we sought medication at the age of four,” recalls Norine Eaton. Norine’s son Mark is now a teenager and she still works with him to conquer his attention deficit disorder. Desperate for help when Mark was just a boy, she took her doctor’s advice and began to medicate her son.
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