A roundup of recent newspaper stories about children's health...
Monday, Feb. 4, 2008:
CDC: 7,000 Kids Face Adverse Reactions to Cold Medicines
More than 7,000 children end up in the emergency room each year due to reactions to cold and cough medicines, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found that most of these children took medications unsupervised or were given inaccurate doses. ( Washington Post, 1/28/08, by Stein)
Study: Children with ADHD More Likely to Become Bullies
Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly four times as likely as their peers to be bullies, according to a study published in the journal Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology. Researchers also found that children with ADHD were 10 times as likely as their peers to be bullied prior to developing symptoms. (MSNBC, 1/29/08, by Carroll)
Opinion: What to Do if Your Child Is Bullied
In this Palo Alto Weekly opinion piece, family therapist Elizabeth Lee offers tips for parents who have a child who is being bullied. Lee suggests that parents talk to their child about how to respond to the bully and then talk to the child's teacher or another school administrator in order to stop the behavior. (PA Weekly, 1/30/08, by Lee)
Birth Rates on the Rise Across U.S.
In 2006, America 's fertility rate – a measure of the number of children a woman will give birth to during her lifetime – reached 2.1, the theoretical level that's necessary to maintain a country's population. The roughly 4.2 million babies born in the U.S. in 2006 was the most since 1961, and birth rate increases were seen for women in every region of the county and almost all demographic groups, including teenagers, whose rates previously had been dropping. (NY Times, 2/1/08 , by Leland)
Most American Adults Not Up to Date on Vaccinations
This article, which notes that only 2 percent of American adults are adequately vaccinated, describes vaccinations for kids, including the newly offered vaccine for human papilloma virus (HPV). (SF Gate, 2/1/08 , by Khazeni)
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