Healthy kids, healthy families, start at home

Healthy kids, healthy families, start at home Mary Drudik, LPN, is a Health Educator with the Loup Basin Public Health Department. Pictured left, she helped teach a class on keeping your family healthy March 15 at the National Guard Armory in Broken Bow. Read more on Custer County Chief

Kids Not Sleeping? Restless Legs May Be Culprit

Restless Leg Syndrome is a sleep disorder more commonly diagnosed in adults. But more and more doctors are finding it in children, kmbc’s Kelly Eckerman reported. www.kmbc.com

Fat Surgery Urged for Obese Kids May Boost Allergan (Correct)

Fat Surgery Urged for Obese Kids May Boost Allergan (Correct) (Corrects Ludwig statement in the third paragraph.) March 12 (Bloomberg) — David Ludwig , director of the obesity program at Children’s Hospital Boston, was against weight-loss surgery for kids, he says, because it ignored the real problem, a “toxic environment” jammed with junk food. Read [...]

What kind of doctor deals with kids and babies with sleep apnea?

Ear nose and throat? Is there another name for ear nose and throat doctor? They don’t have any listed under my insurance plan. The GP refuses to give us an appointment. She said it sounds like nothing by my description. I’d like to punch her in the face. I’m gonna go to straight to the [...]

Loss of pediatric lung specialist hurts care of kids, parents say

Loss of pediatric lung specialist hurts care of kids, parents say Parents whose children were left without a local doctor after the province’s only pediatric lung specialist resigned last year say they support the doctor’s decision but worry about their children’s long-term care. Read more on Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Kids May Have Genetic Cause

Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Kids May Have Genetic Cause Title: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Kids May Have Genetic Cause Category: Health News Created: 2/9/2010 4:10:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 2/10/2010 Read more on MedicineNet.com