If heel pain is preventing your child from being as active as they’d like to be, it’s important that you have your primary care physician or a foot specialist take a closer look. This discomfort could be caused by a condition known as Sever’s disease, which tends to develop during adolescence when the body is […]
Prescription Drugs Send 70,000 Children to the Emergency Room Each Year
A review of national health data found that adult anti-diabetes medications and beta-blockers in the home pose a significant risk of poisoning or causing significant injury to children. Medical professionals reviewed cases of pediatric exposure to prescription drugs over a 10-year period. They found anti-diabetes medication and beta-blockers were the most common drugs taken orally […]
Study Examines PED Use among Children and Adolescents
Performance enhancing drug use has been a hot topic in the news over the last few months. Big names like Lance Armstrong, Alex Rodriguez and Ray Lewis have all been linked to performance enhancing drugs, and those athletes have had considerable success throughout their storied careers. While many people can see the performance enhancing effects […]
