Health Topics
Fireworks are risky for amateurs
Permanent scarring, loss of vision, dismemberment – these are too often the harsh realities of amateur fireworks use. To keep the public safe from fireworks-related injuries and deaths, you should treat fireworks, whether legal or illegal for consumers, as suitable only for use by trained professionals.
Preventing Type 2 Diabetes in Children
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease characterized by insulin resistance and can result in life altering complications. The number of children diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes remains relatively small, but is on the rise. There are a number of risk factors that increase a child’s risk for developing Type 2 diabetes. There are also lifestyle changes that you can make to help prevent or delay the onset of this disease.
Food borne illnesses increase in occurrence during the summer months for a couple reasons. First, we naturally increase our activities, like weddings, picnics, graduations, cookouts and camping. These activities involve cooking outside the kitchen and in larger quantities, which in turn makes it more difficult to enforce quality control and reduce cross contamination. Secondly, nature has its own ways of increasing the likelihood of food poisoning.
Starting with some definitions, a stroke is an injury to the brain resulting from lack of oxygen to part of the brain or an injury from bleeding in the brain (hemorrhage). Ischemia occurs when oxygen supply / blood supply are cut off to an area of tissue, which can occur in essentially any organ in the body. When it happens in the heart, we call it a myocardial infarction or heart attack. When it happens in the brain, we call it a cerebral infarction or ischemic stroke, often shortened to just stroke.
Common Pediatric Skin Conditions
Skin conditions such as dryness, rashes, warts, and acne commonly affect the pediatric population. At times, skin conditions can be multifactorial and don’t always respond to the same treatment for everyone. Below, I will highlight some of the most common skin disorders in babies, young children, and teens.
What do you think of when asked about food and nutrition? For some, they may think of the fact that it is necessary to survive on a day to day basis. Others may think about their favorite meal. And for others yet, they may think about how difficult it is to manage some of their cravings and how it relates to having a healthy diet. Whatever your thoughts may be, these thoughts are still there in pregnancy and may even become another thing to worry about as one goes through the pregnancy.
With the start of summer comes many youth sports programs and activities. While there are numerous benefits to a child athlete participating in sports - such as physical conditioning, goal orientation and learning to work as a team player - team sports are not without risk. In the United States, an estimated 300,000 concussions are thought to occur in sports each year, second only to motor vehicle accidents in cause of brain injury in people 15-24 (Source: Journal of Athletic Training).
Psychological Effects of Stroke
Nearly 800,000 people in the United States suffer from a stroke each year. Approximately 34 percent of individuals hospitalized for a stroke are under the age of 65. Although the cause may differ, there are some common psychological and emotional changes that can happen after experiencing a stroke. Some of the most common psychological difficulties include a feeling of apathy, depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress, and irritability.