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...childhood allergies could be prevented or cured - or even weakened - it could help quell many parents' outsize fear of them. "People disproportionately worry about getting extreme reactions or even dying after eating peanuts," says Clark. But while allergy experts agree that risks from food sensitivities are very real, the truth is that only a small fraction of patients develop life-threatening reactions...
...past 30 years, obesity rates among U.S. children have more than tripled. A flurry of antiobesity legislation has taken aim at environmental factors that have contributed to the epidemic, and Michelle Obama's sweeping new Let's Move campaign to end childhood obesity will most likely inspire further changes in the coming years. But while healthier school lunches and public-service announcements may help future generations stay fit, they won't make someone like Fedorchalk thin. Our national dialogue focuses on obesity prevention, but what do we do for kids who have already gained the weight? (Watch a video with...
...Warner set out to write a book about children and psychiatric drugs, she too accepted the conventional wisdom that American children are being medicated into numbness. But after extensive interviews with parents, therapists and academics, she made a 180-degree turn. In this impassioned book, the author argues that childhood mental illness is real, widespread and painful to families caught in its grip. Warner believes that statistics about Ritalin's being overprescribed are exaggerated. "Almost no parent takes the issue of psychiatric diagnosis lightly or rushes to 'drug' his or her child," she writes. "Responsible child psychiatrists don't either...
...skeptical of the efficacy of all vaccines? People always ask me if I am against other vaccines. I am not. I have five children. They have all been vaccinated against the major diseases as part of the standard childhood-vaccination program. Those vaccines have strong evidence to back them up. I am not antivaccine. I am anti-poor evidence...
...this the truth? There are dark murmurings from scientists and doctors asking, Was her son ever really autistic? Evan's symptoms - heavy seizures, followed by marked improvement once the seizures were brought under control - are similar to those of Landau-Kleffner syndrome, a rare childhood neurological disorder that can also result in speech impairment and possible long-term neurological damage. Or, as other pediatricians have suggested, perhaps the miracle I have beheld is the quotidian miracle of childhood development: a delayed 2-year-old catching up by the time he is 7, a commonplace, routine occurrence, nothing more surprising than...