Sparingly & rarely is my advice on OTC med use in kids
0Here we go again. Another flu season is barely underway and new concerns emerge on the safety of OTC medication dosing in children.
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Strollers Are Not Designed for Escalators!
0There’s an epidemic at our malls: parents taking their small children up and down escalators in strollers of all sorts of sizes and shapes. I ended up behind one such parent yesterday and found strollers heading up and down all afternoon. Some were small, some large. Some had bags dangling off of them, others not. Sometimes parents had both hands on the handles, other times they were balancing the stroller and a drink or cell phone.
Is Vicks Vaporub safe for infants and kids? A new study wants to know.
0Vicks Vaporub is one of those products that has caused controversy for years in the child health world. While some parents swear by it for helping relieve their children’s nasal congestion caused by typical colds and flus, there’s been a [...]
Peanut butter, Peanut butter in the jar, should I worry about you at all?
1Peanut butter is once again in the news causing food poisoning from salmonella in 42 states. Unlike the past recalls of retail brands (such as the infamous Peter Pan scare), however, this current outbreak is limited to institutional sales such [...]
Top Ten Worst Toys of 2008
0It may look cute and cuddly. It may seem like the perfect gift for the biggest Pooh fan in your family. But, did you know this toy is actually dangerous and is on this year’s W.A.T.C.H. (World Against Toys Causing [...]
Toy Law Aimed to Make Toys Safer
0This is good news after all the recalls and concerns of the past year with so many toys. The proposed law would ban the use of the chemicals in toys we have been most concerned about recently: lead and phthalates. [...]
Sleep, Baby, Sleep…Just Watch Where!
0This is very alarming! There’s been an increase in nursery-related injuries since 2005 that doesn’t seem to be related to product safety. As reported by the Wall Street Journal today, “(n)ursery products were involved in 66,400 injuries that sent children [...]
Toy Alert: Beware Of Small Magnets
2This story on ABC News yesterday is a good reminder that some toys that appear safe, may not be so. ABC’s JuJu Chang reported about a boy who swallowed a magnet from a Magnetix set that caused severe intestinal perforation. [...]
When doctors talk, do parents hear?
6At work this past weekend, I saw three families who made me wonder: when we talk, what do parents hear? The same could be asked for when TV reporters talk or when authoritative figures like the FDA or the American [...]
Friday Wrap up: Autism, Moms, Medicines, Happiness and Stars
0The end of this week was loaded with interesting news that impacts our lives and our kids in different ways. Some of these headlines provide information and clarity on medical issues impacting our lives while others help us sort out [...]
