Feb 4, 2020
Moms – Diane Mtetwa
By the age of 3, your child should have all of their teeth, starting with the first tooth coming in as early as 6 months old and their 2nd molars coming in last. Kids usually start to lose their teeth around 6 or 7 years old. The order that your child’s teeth come in is the same order that you can expect them to come out. Loosing a tooth can come with mixed emotions for your child. They may feel some fear about whether or not there will be pain or maybe self-conscious about how they’ll look without a missing tooth and exciting about this new stage in their life and more importantly the tooth fairy!
https://www.moms.com/is-it-okay-to-pull-my-childs-loose-tooth-experts-answer-with-warnings/
Feb 4, 2020
BBC – Zoe Kleinman
Fifty per cent of the UK’s 10-year-olds owned a smartphone in 2019, according to a report by media regulator Ofcom. The amount of young phone owners doubled between the ages of nine and 10, which Ofcom dubbed “the age of digital independence”. In addition, 24% of 3 and 4-year-olds had their own tablet, and 15% of them were allowed to take it to bed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51358192
Feb 3, 2020
Medical X-Press – David J. Neal
Kids who live with peanut allergies, which can have consequences ranging from annoying to fatal, now have an approved form of pharmaceutical relief, the FDA announced Friday night. Palforzia Allergen Powder by Aimmune Therapeutics is designed to limit the damage done when children from 4 to 17 years old with allergies get accidentally exposed to peanuts.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-child-peanut-allergy-fda-treatment.html
Feb 3, 2020
Medical X-Press – Birdie Byrne
Children diagnosed with ADHD inconsistently take their prescribed medication, going without treatment 40 percent of the time, a new study has found. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, shows the average medication coverage, the total time on drug between the first and the last redeemed prescription, was just 60 percent.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-02-kids-adhd-dont-medication-regularly.html
Feb 2, 2020
Medical X-Press – Serena Gordon
Coronavirus is all over the news, and people are talking about the latest outbreak that started in China and appears to be rapidly spreading to other countries. It’s happened before. Ebola. MERS. SARS. All are dangerous diseases that took lives, but the widespread panic about these illnesses affected millions more. So, how can you stay calm when these threats arise, and how can you keep kids from worrying too much about these outbreaks?
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-01-coronavirus-doesnt-kids-psychologists.html
