Statistics are so commonplace that it is rare these days to be taken aback by them but this one was startling. The number of babies born with symptoms of opiate withdrawal has trebled between 2000 and 2009 in the USA. This is babies of drug addicted mothers who when...
Children are seen as a group where medication use is low and hence a potential group for increased use (sales) of medications. Two crazy ideas have been floated in different parts of the world. In the USA the latest idea is for cholesterol level screening in children....
Whether you realize it or not, you are setting an example for your children! I am sure many of you reading this have heard of and may have even used it yourself, right ” Out of the Mouth of Babes!” Would what comes out of your child’s mouth embarrass you? Children are...
Some weeks it really seems that the world has gone completely mad. A child in Ohio has been removed from the care of his parents due to being obese. According to reports on yahoo news the eight-year child weighed 200 pounds and his mother has been charged with...
A fortnight ago in my weekly newsletter I wrote about an online petition opposing changes and extensions to the Psychiatry “Bible”, the DSM V. Many people are concerned about new conditions being created and the threshold at which other conditions can be diagnosed,...
The editors at Consumer Reports, recently posed the perennial question: “How tasty are lunch box options when your children won’t eat fresh fruit?” The answer, say the kids who recently taste-tested packaged fruit cups for Consumer Reports: “It depends.” Let me...
