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ADHD
- a parent's tale
ABC Health and Wellbeing - 06/05/09
John Hams*
www.abc.net.au/health/yourstories/stories/2009/05/06/2562327.htm
John
Hams always suspected his daughter was different to most
other children, but it was many years before he discovered
what was wrong.
* Names
changed to protect privacy.
Children
prefer paediatric nurses in bright uniforms
Nursing Times.net - 31/03/2009
Steve Ford
www.nursingtimes.net/whats-new-in-nursing/specialists/paediatric/children-prefer-paediatric-nurses-in-bright-uniforms/2007700.article
Putting
hospital nurses in bright, multi-coloured uniforms makes
children more comfortable and parents more confident, according
to an Italian nursing study.
Researchers
from the University of Florence surveyed a total of 112
children, aged six to 16, before and after nurses on two
paediatric wards started wearing colourful new uniforms.
Before the new uniforms were introduced to the wards, the
nurses wore conventional single-coloured trousers and tops.
Cough
and cold products banned in children under
the age of 6 years
Nursing Times.net - 31/03/2009
Mark Greener
www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice-clinical-research/medicines-management/cough-and-cold-products-banned-in-children-under-the-age-of-6-years/5000034.article
Medicines
Management provides essential evidence-based information
on medicines and prescribing for nurse prescribers and those
involved in administering medicines
 Children
under six years of age should not use over-the-counter (OTC)
cough and cold products, the Commission on Human Medicines
(CHM) advised recently (MHRA, 2009). The CHM also suggested
that measures to ensure that children aged 6–12 could
safely use OTC cough and cold medicines, which will now
be sold in pharmacies only. Pharmacists will offer updated
advice and packaging will contain clearer information.
Dental
health scheme proposed to reform ailing system
Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 25/03/2009
Reporter: Mike Sexton
www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2526260.htm
When
it comes to the health of our teeth, Australians lag behind
much of the developed world with high rates of tooth decay
and gum disease. The reform of dentistry has been identified
as a priority by the Rudd Government's National Health and
Hospital Reform Commission. Among the proposals in its interim
report is a national dental health care scheme that would
be funded by an increase in the Medicare levy.
Hello
Matron
Stateline
SA (ABC) -
20/03/2009
Simon
Royal
www.abc.net.au/stateline/sa/content/2006/s2523225.htm
Antibiotic-resistant
bugs are an increasing problem in our hospitals, making
them dangerous for some patients.
Now,
with both sides of politics promising a new hospital for
Adelaide, Simon Royal takes a look at some of the ideas
leading professionals have for curing hospitals of their
bugs.
Web
diagnosis: healthy searching
Health and Wellbeing (ABC) - 18/03/2009
Bianca Nogrady
www.abc.net.au/health/features/stories/2009/03/18/2420265.htm
ISTOCK
PHOTO
Have
you ever tried to second-guess your doctor using the internet,
or Googled a symptom and convinced yourself you have a terrible
disease? The internet has been a blessing and a curse for
doctors and patients alike.
Best
medicines for fever in kids
Health Minutes (ABC) - 29/12/2008
Dr Norman Swan
www.abc.net.au/health/minutes/stories/2008/12/29/2447617.htm
A study
compared paracetamol with ibuprofen for fever in young children.
When
children have a temperature, two medications may sometimes
be better than one.
A study
in feverish preschoolers, compared over-the-counter commonly
used syrups, paracetamol and ibuprofen, either separately
or combined. The researchers measured the time the children
went without fever after being dosed and found that for
the first four hours, ibuprofen was better at reducing time
with fever than paracetamol by just under an hour. And in
that early period, giving both medicines didn't add anything.
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