Category: Child & Youth Health
Acetaminophen is generally safe if you follow the directions, but if you give to much it can cause nausea and vomiting — and even liver failure and death.
When military deployments call for their parents to serve abroad, adolescents have a tough time adjusting, and a new University of Washington study shows their moods often lead to risky behavior.
Getting an exemption is still possible but under a new law will require a visit to a health provider.
Can school-based clinics undermine the parent-child relationships and interfere with the child’s relationship with his or her primary care provider?
The new center’s mission is to replace cancer therapies such as radiation and chemotherapy that can harm the body, with ”smart” therapies that will hit their cancer targets with precision and leave the rest of the body unharmed.
“As the nation struggles to address the larger systemic issues of access to health care, we need to ensure that oral health is recognized as a basic component of overall health,” says UW Professor of Pediatrics Dr. Frederick Rivara.
Seattle Times health coverage: Parents debate vaccine safety at CDC forum in Shoreline, Hutch win $20 million grant to seek stem cell HIV cure, Harborview praised for innovative drug intervention program.
King County children had fewer cavities and better dental health than children living elsewhere in the state, but children in the county’s low-income families were more than twice as likely to have untreated dental disease and four times as likely to have rampant tooth decay than those from higher-income families.
Washington’s governor hints that If a deal to reduce the deficit results in lower federal payments to states for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, then the National Governors Association will say no thanks.
Designed for youth from ages 11 to 15, the program provides young adults who plan to babysit the knowledge and skills necessary to safely give care to infants and children under their watch. Space is limited in the babysitting classes so please register early.
The Obama administration’s bid to slash funding for training pediatricians at children’s hospitals is provoking intense protests from medical educators and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
State’s child vaccination rates are one of the lowest in the nation with one in twenty kindergarteners being opted out of vaccines by parents — the highest vaccine exemption rate in the country.
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
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Don’t bet on it.
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