Article at a Glance• Teething gels can cause a serious, and sometimes fatal, condition that reduces the amount of oxygen in your blood stream.• Children under the age of two should not use products containing benzocaine unless under the supervision of a pediatrician. • You can relieve teething pain by massaging your child’s gums with … Continue reading “FDA Warns Against Using Teething Gels”
New Acetaminophen Concentration for Infants In accordance with FDA recommendations, acetaminophen manufacturers have changed the concentration of infant acetaminophen from 80mg/0.8ml to 160mg/5ml. Be aware that there may be both the old and new concentrations of infants’ acetaminophen products available in stores and in medicine cabinets. The pediatric acetaminophen products currently on the market can … Continue reading “Important Changes in Acetaminophen Doses for Infants and Adults”
Experts predict that this is going to be one of the worst allergy seasons we have seen in awhile. A late spring and lots of rain have given plants more time to grow than usual—meaning more pollen over a longer period of time. Utah experiences three pollen seasons: tree, grass, and ragweed. Usually they don’t … Continue reading “Expect a Severe Allergy Season this Year”
Article at a Glance• New federal safety standards ban the manufacture or sale of drop-side cribs; require a higher standard for hardware, mattress supports, and crib slats; and demand more rigorous safety testing.• To find out if your crib meets the new guidelines, check to see if the tags include the code “16 CFR 1219” … Continue reading “New Crib Standards Go Into Effect This Month”
Article at a Glance• Children should be in rear-facing car seats until they turn 2 or reach the car seat’s height and weight limit.• Children under 2 are 75 percent less likely to be severely injured or die in a car crash if they are rear facing.• Children should ride in a belt-positioning booster seat … Continue reading “New Car Safety Seat Guidelines – Toddlers Should be Rear Facing Until Age 2”
Article at a Glance• New bill will make it against the law to leave a child alone in the car. • Children left in the car must be supervised at all times by someone at least 9 years of age or older.• Leaving your child alone in a car on a hot day for even … Continue reading “New Law Will Make Leaving a Child Unattended in a Motor Vehicle a Crime”
Parents should be on the look out for symptoms of RSV this year, especially if they have a child under the age of two. In January hospitals in Utah saw a sharp increase in cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and it is on the rise. In adults and younger children RSV is just a … Continue reading “RSV On The Rise in Utah”
Article at a Glance • Polio outbreaks have started to occur in countries previously considered polio free. • Declining immunization rates have left some areas of the country, including Utah, at risk. • Contact your pediatrician to make sure your children’s immunizations are up to date. Thanks to a highly effective vaccination program, your children … Continue reading “Experts Worry About Resurgence of Polio”
Beginning this year, parents have one more good reason to bring their child in for a well-child visit — there’s a good chance it will be free. The new healthcare law makes it so that preventive visits, including those that involve a shot, no longer require a co-pay. This means that the visit and the … Continue reading “Under New Healthcare Law, Preventative Visits No Longer Require a Co-Pay”
If you use a Flexible Spending Account (FSA) to pay for over-the-counter medicines, you need to know about the new rules under the new health care law. Starting January 1, 2011, over-the-counter drugs only qualify for reimbursement if you have a doctor’s prescription. Over-the-counter drugs include things like acne treatments, allergy and cold medicines, antacids, … Continue reading “Important Change to Flexible Spending Accounts”
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