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Caution: Giving Medications to Children

by James on 22 November 2008

Everyone should know that they need to be especially cautious when giving medication to children.  But what special precautions should we take?

I appreciated the reminders from ParentCenter last month entitled Seven medicines you shouldn’t give your child.  There are some excellent reminders there.
Though the authors don’t give hard and fast rules (there are always exceptions), [...]

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Have your child draw their headache (why and how)

by James on 22 August 2008

Diagnosing headache and migraine in children isn’t easy – especially in young children.  And as many parents know from experience, it’s a challenge to even understand what’s happening in your own child.  Should they go to the doctor?  Are they just imitating someone else’s behaviour?  Is this something new, or a headache they’ve had before?
There [...]

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Solve child’s sleep problems = solve migraine?

by James on 20 May 2008

No, it’s not that simple, but the connection needs to be investigated more.  We know there is a strong connection between migraine and sleep problems in adults.  Now we’re learning about the connection in children.
A recently published study involved 90 patients from age 5-19.  60 of the patients were diagnosed with migraine, the others had [...]

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