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| Quick reference medical handouts used
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Kids Should See Doctor Before Starting School
It is time to schedule a school physical, especially if your youngster is starting school for the first time or beginning a new school. Participation in school-sponsored sports also may require an examination. What is the best way to prepare children for a doctor's visit, especially if they are due for immunizations?
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Back to School Basics
Entering a new grade or a new school or starting school for the first time makes some children fearful. Although a few butterflies are normal in any new situation, a minority of children develop real physical symptoms associated with the start of school.
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Understanding the Basics of Managed Care
It is important that parents understand the basic workings of their managed care plan.
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What to Do When an Infant Is Choking
Few sounds are more alarming than that of a child who is choking. Understanding how to prevent choking, as well as what to do when choking occurs, can save a life.
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Solving the Mystery of Growing Pains
Growing pains are a family common occurrence in a pediatric population. These discomforts are all too familiar to the concerned mother or father who has awoke in the middle of the night to the sound of a crying child. Rushing to the bedside, the parent finds the child holding his/her leg in obvious pain. Remarkably, a gentle massage, some hugs and a few words of reassurance are all that is needed to soothe the pain.
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Helping Children Swallow Pills
What is the best way to teach a child to take a pill? There are many techniques parents can try, but everyone agrees that it is a good idea for parents to teach their kids the technique of pill swallowing before they really need it. A sick or cranky child is not a cooperative student!
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When Abdominal Pain may Mean Appendicitis
When a child complains "my stomach hurts," one of the first fears that a parent may have is that of appendicitis. Children's bellyaches are often varied and numerous, and it is important that parents recognize when a particular stomachache might be cause for alarm
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Heat Related Illnesses in Children
Children are more sensitive to having problems with heat and humidity. Youngsters adjust more slowly than adults do to changes in environmental heat. They also produce more heat with activity than adults, and sweat less. Sweating is one of the body's normal cooling mechanisms. And kids often do not think to rest when having fun and may not drink enough fluids when playing, exercising, or participating in sports.
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Get All the Buzz on Bug Bites
Don't let pesky insects swoop in on your child's fun. Enjoy playing out doors bite- and sting-free by following new tips from experts at the University of Michigan Health System
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2010 Immunization Schedule for Infants, Children and Adolescents
The 2010 recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedules have been approved by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Academy of Family Physicians.
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