Night Terrors
If you’ve ever seen a young child in the grip of a night terror, you’ll never forget it. He’ll wail in panic, scream, and thrash about like a small animal. His eyes are wide open but he doesn’t recognize or even see you. A child with a night terror is…
Learn MoreHeadaches in Children
Most people think of headaches as an adult problem, but kids can get them too. Often, childhood headaches are just temporary symptoms of a cold, flu, or an an infection of the sinuses, eyes, or ears. But like adults, some children can get tension head…
Learn MoreBinge Drinking: What It Is, Its Health Effects & How to Stop
The numbers are staggering: 29.5 million Americans aged 12 and over had alcohol use disorder in the past year, according a national survey on drug use and health.And, 1 in 6 adults in the U.S. are binge drinkers, 25% of them binge drinking on a weekly…
Learn MoreCollege Drinking
An 18-year-old college freshman at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, went into cardiac arrest after a night of heavy drinking at a campus fraternity. Thirty hours later, he was dead. An 18-year-old freshman with a blood alcohol content of…
Learn MoreStress and Child Abuse: The Past Hurts
Child abuse casts a long shadow. A long-term study published in the Journal of Child Abuse and Neglect found that by age 21, up to 80 percent of child abuse survivors had developed a psychiatric illness, including depression and anxiety disorders.In r…
Learn MoreMongolian Spots
Mongolian spots — more properly called slate grey nevi — are very common birthmarks. They are flat and bluish-gray, almost bruise-like. You might be concerned if such a mark show up on your baby, but there’s often little reason to worry. Mongolian s…
Learn MoreFlying With a Toddler
We have great memories of our family trip to New Zealand, but the time when our one-and-a-half-year-old son started throwing a fit over Tahiti is not one of them. Flying with a toddler can be a trying experience, especially during a long trip. Even th…
Learn MorePlayground Safety
Spend an hour at a playground, and there’s a good chance that you’ll see a child in tears. As long as kids climb, play tag, and reenact superhero battles, a few bruises and scrapes will be part of the scene. But not all mishaps on the swings, slides, …
Learn MoreGetting the Lead Out
A few decades ago, Americans just weren’t that worried about lead. They breathed fumes from leaded gasoline and painted their houses with lead-based paint. Some even drank water from lead pipes and ate food from lead containers. Thanks to massive publ…
Learn MoreMonth 07 Cognitive Development
Until now, your baby has lived by the adage “out of sight, out of mind.” If he couldn’t see something, it didn’t exist. As far as he was concerned, you disappeared every time you walked out of the room. And if a ball happened to roll under the couch, …
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