Tough to get your kid to take medicine? An expert offers tips

Aug 1, 2022

Medical X-Press – Staff Writer

One expert who spends part of her workday guiding parents through this challenge offers some suggestions to make the ordeal easier. 

Emily Glarum, a childlife specialist at the Heart Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, offers these tips: Be honest, practice it, provide choices, set a schedule and let the child take little sips or use a straw.

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Large-scale study of disordered eating in children explores role of weight, sex and puberty

Aug 1, 2022

Medical X-Press Staff Writer

Early intervention is essential for minimizing harm, but researchers know very little about how disordered eating begins and evolves prior to adolescence. A new study of nearly 12,000 9- and 10-year-olds, published this week in JAMA Pediatrics, provides key insights that help fill that gap. Researchers examined how age, sex, weight and puberty stage were related to behaviors such as binge eating and vomiting to control weight.

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