Archive for January, 2011
Epilepsy – No Longer a Life Sentence in Many Cases
Posted by Samantha Gluck in Pediatric Health on January 29, 2011
Parents often feel frightened when they hear that their child had epilepsy. However, anticonvulsant drugs can prevent the occurrence of seizures in 75 percent of epileptic children. In the past, those diagnosed with epilepsy were thought to need lifelong drug treatment to prevent their seizures. The treatments used often had adverse side effects that precluded them […]
Eating Disorders in Very Young Children
Posted by Samantha Gluck in Mental Health, Pediatric Health on January 29, 2011
Eating disorders occur most often in young adolescents and teens; however, young children can develop eating disorders as well. Healthcare professionals are seeing a disturbing trend of children as young as age 5 developing eating disorders. While these eating disturbances often seem similar to the anorexia nervosa and bulimia, most commonly found in young teen […]
Heart Murmurs in Children
Posted by Samantha Gluck in Pediatric Health on January 29, 2011
Doctors classify heart murmurs into two categories: innocent and abnormal. Heart murmurs are extra sounds, such as whooshing or swishing, heard during a person’s heartbeat cycle. Turbulent blood in and around the heart causes the extra sounds known as a heart murmur. Over 50 percent of all children will have a heart murmur, most of […]
Straight Talk About VBAC: Vaginal Birth After C-Section
Posted by Samantha Gluck in Women's Health Topics on January 29, 2011
Physicians perform cesarean section (C-section) surgery more often than any other surgical procedure in the U.S. Obstetricians deliver one out of every three babies via C-section. If you have had a C-section previously, your OB/GYN physician may give you a choice with your next pregnancy – vaginal birth after C-section (VBAC) or another cesarean delivery. Why […]
The Case for Circumcision
Posted by Samantha Gluck in Pediatric Health on January 29, 2011
Circumcision involves the surgical removal of the prepuce, or foreskin, that covers theglans, or tip, of the penis. A physician, often the attending OB/GYN, performs the simple surgery the first or second day after birth. Religious or cultural traditions may prompt many parents to arrange for the circumcision of their sons, but research shows that neonatal […]
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