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Kids Health Notes

Archive for the ‘Hospital Care’ Category

July 3rd, 2008

Managing pain when preemies can’t say "Ouch!"

Premature babies, or infants admitted in the neonatal intensive care unit, most often go through as many as 62 painful procedures each day. Anyone seeing these children being pricked, stubbed, and poked would likely cry “Ouch! STOP!”. Since an infant can’t say anything yet, one would at least expect some form of reaction - […]

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April 29th, 2008

Skin contact with mom soothes preemies’ pain

Appropriately used, a mother’s touch helps a child know he is valued and loved.
Today my 4 month old son had trouble napping. He had his shots yesterday and nothing seemed to soothe him. Until I just held him close and rubbed my hand in circles on his back. He quieted down enough to […]

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April 26th, 2008

Celebrities host "Red Carpet Party" for hospitalized children

I “HEART* Hallie Eisenberg, Josh Flitter and sibs Peyton List and Spenser List !!!
The four actors, along with the band Push Play, will be hosting a “Red Carpet Party” for some lucky children in one of New York’s finest hospitals!
Image details: North Shore Animal League America’s 2nd Annual DogCatemy Awards served by picapp.com […]

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December 6th, 2007

Top 10 health stories of 2007

Published by the Harvard Health Newsletter, the top health news of 2007 are headed by drug failures and advancements in genetics.
Here is a summary of the news release.
1. Drug safety failures. This year, rosiglitazone (Avandia), a diabetes drug, became the latest medication found to have serious side effects that weren’t apparent when it was approved […]

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