The preliminary results of a research study was reported at the 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Boston. These results show that for the 10 top pediatric conditions, children accounted for 60% of patients but only 12% of the clinical drug trials. This is pretty scary when you consider that decisions about drug treatment for [...]
I promised you some important facts about stress during this stress awareness month. In my last blog I wrote about how stress cancels joy. Here are more very important facts: Stress in children is currently a largely unrecognized and untreated problem and is reaching epidemic proportions. This high level of stress is the trigger for [...]
Did you ever consider that the way in which you engage with your child, the words you use and the kind of conversations you have, can cause inflammation in the child’s body and brain? We know that what children eat can cause inflammation and increase or decrease symptoms labeled as ADHD. But do you know [...]
We all know that tummy aches in children can often be a sign of emotional distress. The child may be feeling afraid or sad or angry and their tummy starts to hurt. Or they may be nervous about a test or a speech and they describe this as having ‘butterflies in my stomach.’ So if [...]
This blog should definitely get you thinking! We have all heard the saying that perception equals reality. So it would be a good idea for us to do a reality check, by checking our perceptions, as often as possible. Here’s an opportunity for you to check the way you perceive your child. After doing the [...]
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