Today I heard a disturbing piece of news regarding children and vaccinations. Apparently, an infant who was not old enough to receive the pertussis vaccine was exposed to pertussis in a pediatrician’s office. This baby wound up extremely sick and hospitalized due to his exposure to pertussis, a potentially fatal, contagious disease. This situation poses [...]
Archive for the ‘X-rays and Children’ Category
Pediatricians refuse unvaccinated kids
Posted in Childhood vaccines, X-rays and Children, tagged Child, Disease, Health, Infant, Pediatric, Pertussis, Vaccination, Vaccine on September 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Alcohol awareness month…
Posted in X-rays and Children, tagged alcohol, March of Dimes, pregnancy on April 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Alcohol is not recommended in any amount while pregnant…here is what the March of Dimes has to say: Alcohol awareness month Lots of women are aware that heavy drinking during pregnancy can cause birth defects, but many do not realize that moderate or even light drinking also may harm their developing baby. In fact, no [...]
children…’image gently’
Posted in Radiation concerns, X-rays and Children, tagged children and radiation, gently imaging, parents, Pediatric CAT scans, pediatric emergency care, pediatrics, x-rays and children on April 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
NOTEWORTHY WEDNESDAY! Yesterday there was so much in the news about children and x-rays, in particular CAT scans. The news ‘teasers’ kept repeating that ‘CAT scans for children may be doing more harm than good” Scary….right? Well, I want to post what I found related to this news so that parents can make the correct [...]
Clever Girls
Archives
Tags
Parenting
Parenting in the Loop
Parenting in the Loop
