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.
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In This Issue: Spring 2007 
The teenage girl was having so much stomach trouble, her mother insisted on a visit to her pediatrician. Was it something the 16-year-old had drunk or eaten? As it turned out, it was something she was doing – or perhaps overdoing.
"After a battery of tests, we determined it was her extra-curricular dance classes that were putting so much pressure on her," says Rob Engelhardt, MD, a pediatrician with Queen City Pediatrics Western Hills. When the teen cut out dancing, her symptoms disappeared... [More]
If this is spring, it must be prom time. Yet while teens are making party plans, parents are worrying about risky behaviors: driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, date rape, pregnancy and unsafe sex.
"Prom should be a positive experience," says Paula Braverman, MD, professor of clinical pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Cincinnati Children's... [More]
When he tells a pregnant woman that an echocardiogram shows a heart defect in her unborn child, Richard Meyer, MD, knows by the stunned look on her face that she hasn't heard about recent advances in heart care for infants.
"Most times I have to reassure her that she will deliver the baby normally and that the defect is correctable," says Dr. Meyer, a pediatric cardiologist at Cincinnati Children's... [More]
Money, or lack of it, is a frequent cause of concern in our lives. Making wise choices about money is a critical skill in the adult world.
Where do we learn money management skills? Not in school, not on the playground and certainly not on TV. Too often, young adults learn financial realities via a series of monetary mistakes. The results can range from excessive credit card debt to an adult child moving back into your basement... [More]
Child sexual abuse. It's a topic so horrific that most parents don't want to talk about it. But that's just what the experts at the Mayerson Center for Safe and Healthy Children recommend.
"As soon as a child is verbal, at 2 or 3 years, parents can begin talking about safe and unsafe touching, and then review it periodically," says Heidi Malott, LISW, of the Child Abuse Team at the Mayerson Center at Cincinnati Children's. "It's just another part of the safety talks parents give about bikes, car seats and bullying."... [More]
American Red Cross Child and Infant CPR:
Learn emergency procedures to deal with breathing and cardiac emergencies in infants and children. Procedures include rescue breathing, CPR and Heimlich maneuver.
Brachial Plexus Conference 2007:
This half-day conference offers families information about brachial plexus injuries, including history, risk factors, anatomy, surgical and non-surgical treatment options... [More]
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