Monthly Archives: October 2007

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(right-click to download) RESEARCH ROUND-UPDo Stimulant Medications Stunt Growth?Long-Term Follow-Up of Children with ADHDChild Maltreatment Increases when a Parent is Deployed for Combat

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(right-click to download) LISTENER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTSListener Comment (Thinking Inside the Box)Expired MedicationEpidurals and Breast FeedingAsthma QuestionsLead Poisoning ADDITIONAL LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEPediaCast 41: Thinking Inside the BoxUsing Expired Medications: A Murky IssueDrug Expiration Dates: How They Benefit the Pharmaceutical CompaniesLead Information from the National Safety CouncilChristmas Cards for the Hip Family (cardmychristmas.com)PediaScribe: Bloggy Giveaway [...]

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(right-click to download) THE IN-DEPTH EDITIONToday, we discuss febrile seizures. What causes them? Are they dangerous? How do you treat febrile seizures? Can you prevent them? Answers to these questions–and MUCH MORE–on today’s episode of PediaCast! ADDITIONAL LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEFebrile Seizure Fact Sheet

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(right-click to download) NEWS PARENTS CAN USEPregnancy and Alcohol – How Much is Safe?FDA Grant To Study An Emerging Health Issue for U.S. InfantsMRSA Confirmed in Dead New York StudentOlder Brothers Increase Aggressive Behavior in Younger SiblingsInnovative Teaching Involves Students in Science ADDITIONAL LINKS FROM THIS EPISODECommunity Superbug is a Growing Danger Across USEPA Registered [...]

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(right-click to download)NEWS PARENTS CAN USEDissatisfaction With Body Image Pervades All CulturesIBM To Pay For Obesity Prevention Efforts For Children of EmployeesEnergyNow! Announces Grants To Combat Childhood ObesitySchools Gain Ground in Battle Against Junk FoodPharmacists Ask FDA to Improve Pediatric Labeling ADDITIONAL LINKS FROM THIS EPISODENationwide Children’s HospitalPediaScribe: KT’s LunaPad ReviewPediaScribe: LunaPad Contest InformationEnergyNow.com

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(right-click to download)THE INTERVIEW EDITIONDr Karen McCoy is a Pediatric Pulmonologist at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Today, she stops by PediaCast to discuss vocal cord dysfunction and its confusion with asthma. ADDITIONAL LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEBreathing Disorder Can Be Difficult To Detect (USA Today)Vocal Cord Dysfunction (Medscape)

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(right-click to download)RESEARCH ROUND-UPWhen To Treat Ear InfectionsDo Your Kids Supersize?MySpace 411 ADDITIONAL LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEWhen, Exactly, Do I Squeeze In “Mom Time?”

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(right-click to download)LISTENER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTSHungry All the TimeGood Eater, Slow GrowthSkimpy Eater, Slow GrowthPicky Eater

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(right-click to download)NEWS PARENTS CAN USEFDA Expands Age Range For Bacterial Meningitis VaccineAlarming Findings in Obese ChildrenWatching Funny Shows Helps Children Tolerate PainMaine School Hands Out Birth Control Pills–To Eleven Year Olds!Deterrent Effect of Drug Testing Among High School AthletesADDITIONAL LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEMaine School to Offer Contraception (AP)Kids on Birth Control (ABC)Middle School Adds [...]

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(right-click to download)LISTENER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTSA Listener Rants about Diet and BehaviorBaby ONLY wants to nurseUsing Food as a RewardHormones in MilkGardasil Safety Concern ADDITIONAL LINKS FROM THIS EPISODEPediaCast 47: Does Candida Yeast Affect Behavior?BabyTime PodcastPediaCast 57: Anemia, Breast Milk, HerpesMedicCast 86: Pediatric Sports Injuries