In This Issue of Young & Healthy
Young and Healthy is published by Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and The Cincinnati Pediatric Society as a guide to your child's good health, incorporating advice from pediatricians who are specially trained in the prevention and treatment of illness in children.
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In This Issue: Summer 2004 
Almost from the moment he left the hospital nursery, little Todd seemed destined to morph into his own action figure. As soon as he could walk he donned his superhero cape and started leaping from the furniture... [more]
Bread, once revered as the staff of life, has now been demonized as the ultimate forbidden food in our low-carb, no-carb world. It seems that everyone is obsessed with the protein-packed Atkins and South Beach diets. But is it a good thing when parents who want to slim automatically enroll the entire family in their no-carb crusade?...[more]
"Letting your child drive is the most gut-wrenching privilege you'll ever give her. You're putting her in control of a two-ton piece of machinery that can kill her or other people instantly." Although Arthur Moebius, MD, counsels parents about this major transition in his office at West Chester Pediatrics, he's not speaking hypothetically...[more]
The symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) can come and go. That makes it easy to disregard the warning signs of this chronic illness. But rather than making the disease go away, ignoring symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea and painful bowel movements can actually aggravate the condition and lead to serious health issues... [more]
Alex Wenke went into the hospital the day after Thanksgiving last year. Soon after, he was diagnosed with a condition he and his family knew nothing about: Crohn's disease. This life-long illness is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) primarily affecting Alex's large intestine... [more]
"Anti-vaccine furor," as Mark Schleiss, MD, likes to call it, is nothing new. He points to objections as far back as the days of Louis Pasteur and Joseph Lister. So the highly publicized fears about immunization safety that have surfaced in the last few years come as no surprise to him... [more]
For most of us, summer means fun in the sun when childhood memories are flavored with outdoor activities. It's an opportunity to go swimming, ride bikes, host cookouts and play sports. But while you and your kids take advantage of the sunshine, emergency rooms everywhere will be crowded with trauma cases... [more]
Should I allow my toddler / preschooler to use a computer? [more]
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