In This Issue of Young and 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.
The magazine is produced by the Department of Marketing and Communications, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, 513-636-4420.
In This Issue: Spring 2006
Slacker. Students toss the term around among themselves like a hackey-sack and everyone laughs it off. But what happens when parents are convinced their child isn't working to full potential in school? How can they motivate without alienating... [More]
If it seems the daily news more and more often includes warnings about toxic threats in our air, soil, water, plants and animals, there's a good reason. "In the last 50 years the number of chemicals in our world has increased from 1.2 million to over 50 million," says Earl Siegel, PharmD, co-director of the Drug and Poison Information Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center... [More]
High school teachers are all too familiar with the bleary eyes and giant yawns that often greet their lessons. But the responses might be less about teenage boredom and more about sleep deprivation, and the students' growing bodies themselves may be to blame... [More]
At 6 years old, Matthew Mackowiak slept an average of just two hours each night. And that wasn't necessarily two hours straight. Severe sleep apnea kept him from getting the rest he so badly needed and left him exhausted each day. He was too tired to learn, and too tired to play... [More]
We experience such joy watching our children grow, learn, play and laugh. Unfortunately, unwelcome events in our children's lives can temper our happiness. Every day we hear about such terrifying possibilities as serious infections, cancer and abduction that are beyond our control. But the most frequent cause of tragedy in our children's lives may actually be the most preventable... [More]
The crash in the kitchen can mean just one thing: your best vase has hit the floor. When your child standing next to the ruins cries, "I didn't do it," what's a parent to do? The answer may not be so simple... [More]
In the News Families Become Active in Care Through Web Portals New Parent-Child Exercise Classes Listen Up! Hearing Tests Close to Home
