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Dr Deena Chisolm joins Dr Mike in the PediaCast Studio this week to talk about health literacy. How do parents, teens, and children consume and use health information in the 21st Century? Can parents ignite a spirit of self-discovery in their teens? What electronic tools are teens using today? What tools SHOULD they use? We talk benefits and pitfalls of self-directed health education in our digital world!
Guest
Dr Deena Chisolm
Principal Investigator
Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Topic
Health Literacy: What Teens and Parents Need to Know
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Join Dr Mike for more news parents can use and answers to your questions! This week’s topics include finger foods, moving from house to house, second-hand smoke exposure in cars, bed wetting, cool mist humidifiers, head lice, and toddler behavior revisited.
Topics
- Finger Foods
- Frequent House Moves
- Second-Hand Smoke Exposure in Cars
- Bed Wetting
- Cool Mist Humidifiers
- Head Lice
- Toddler Behavior
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Dr. Kim McBride joins Dr Mike in the PediaCast Studio to discuss the genetics of congenital heart disease. We explore hypoplastic left heart syndrome, aortic stenosis, and coarctation of the aorta. Evidence is mounting of a strong genetic basis for these disorders, and we’ll take a look at what this means for early diagnosis and intervention. We’ll also tackle questions related to genetic counseling and the services provided by the Center for Molecular and Human Genetics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
Guest
Dr. Kim McBride
Center for Molecular and Human Genetics
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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Join Dr Mike as he covers news parents can use and adds three scientific studies to our research round-up. Topics this week include Vitamin D and its link to depression, dissolvable tobacco and nicotine (bad!), flavored cigars (also bad!), milk consumption and colon cancer, food marketing (an update), folic acid and language development, Mozart and epilepsy, and differences between boys and girls when it comes to concussion symptoms.
Topics
- Vitamin D and Depression
- Dissolvable Tobacco and Nicotine
- Flavored Cigars
- Milk Consumption and Colon Cancer
- Food Marketing Update
- Folic Acid and Language Development
- Mozart and Epilepsy
- Boys vs Girls: Differences in Concussion Symptoms
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Tags: colon cancer, concussion, depression, dissolvable nicotine, dissolvable tobacco, epilepsy, flavored cigars, folic acid, food marketing, language development, milk consumption, mozart, vitamin d
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Join Dr Mike as he covers news parents can use and answers listener questions from the PediaCast Studio. Topics this week include: vaccines for parents – should mom and dads get shots at the pediatrician’s office? Plus “pseudo-outbreaks” of whooping cough, handwriting and academic success, the relationship between asthma and infant growth, discrepancies in child-abuse suspicion based on race and parent earnings, donated human breast milk, baby cereal, pain tolerance, and self-esteem.
Topics
- Vaccines for Parents
- Pertussis Outbreak — For Real?
- Handwriting and Academic Success
- Asthma and Infant Growth
- Unfair Child Abuse Suspicions
- Donated Breast Milk
- Baby Cereal
- Pain Tolerance
- Sugar Cereal Solution
- Self-Esteem
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Tags: academic success, asthma, baby cereal, child abuse, donated breast milk, handwriting, immunizations, infant growth, pain tolerance, parents, pertussis, self-esteem, vaccines, whooping cough
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Guests
Dr Nehal Parikh
Neonatologist
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Megan Harrison
Registered Nurse
Advanced Certified Lactation Consultant
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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TOPIC
Sickle Cell Anemia
GUEST
Dr Melissa Rhodes
Director, Comprehensive Sickle Cell Program
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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Comprehensive Sickle Cell and Thalassemia Program at Nationwide Children's
Tags: antibiotics, behavior, cereal, dangerous, daycare, immunity, osteopathy, pityriasis rosea, scratching, sugar, toddler, toys
