Practical Practitioner

By: Pamela Egan, FNP-C CDE

Pediatric Health: Infant, Child and Adolescent Health Articles:

• Raising awareness about childhood obesity – (new)
• Acne can be treated using natural remedies
• Memory training may help kids with ADHD
• Autism linked to mother’s illnesses
• Parents’ smoking increases children’s risk of bronchitis
• Calcium may help teens maintain a healthy weight
• Schools need to be aware of diabetes in children
• Obese children report low quality of life
• Parents urged to protect children from dangers
• Childhood obesity may increase rate of hypertension
• Guidelines recommend patience with silent ear infections
• Metformin a diabetes prevention tool for young adults
• Folic acid may help prevent neural tube defects
• Piercings, tattoos: a possible warning sign for parents
• Reye’s Syndrome linked to aspirin use in children
• RSV: Respiratory Syncytial Virus
• Talk to your children about the dangers of smoking
• Too many soft drinks may harm children’s health