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6 Tips for Trick-or-Treating with Food Allergies
Any food centered event can introduce challenges for families and children with food allergies. Trick or treating and Halloween celebrations, in particular, present opportunities for increased exposure to food allergens, which can be present in candy and other treats.
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Food Allergies: How to Safely Navigate Outings
Holiday celebrations with friends and family almost always center around food. While these visits are simply good times to many, for families of food allergy sufferers, an invite can mean preparing for a stressful event.
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How to Use An EpiPen
Knowing how to use an EpiPen is important. Doctors are seeing more and more children with allergies, especially food allergies. EpiPens deliver medicine quickly and effectively. No child has ever had serious problems from a standard dose of epinephrine when using an EpiPen.
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Lawn Mower Safety: Why Kids Should Stay Inside When You Cut the Grass
While there are plenty of fun things to do and explore and we want kids to be outside learning and growing, there is one time we recommend you keep them inside: when you are mowing the lawn. Every day emergency departments around the country treat 13 children for lawn mower-related injuries.
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New National Study Finds Decrease in Pediatric Injuries Associated with Household Cleaners
Every year in the United States, there are more than 1.2 million poison exposures among children younger than 6 years. In recent decades, household cleaning products have consistently been one of the leading sources of pediatric poisoning.
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U.S. Poison Control Centers Receive 29 Calls Per Day About Children Exposed to ADHD Medications
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – A new study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that there were more than 156,000 calls to US Poison Control Centers regarding exposures to attention-deficit hyperactivity
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U.S. Poison Control Centers Receive 32 Calls a Day About Children Exposed to Prescription Opioids
A new study published online today by Pediatrics and conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that there were more than 188,000 calls to US Poison Control Centers for pediatric exposure to opioids from
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A Medication Used to Treat Opioid Dependence Can Cause Serious Health Consequences for Exposed Children
A new study published online today by Pediatrics and conducted by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that from January 2007 through December 2016 there were more than 11,000 calls to US Poison Centers for pediatric exposures to buprenorphine – a prescription opioid medication used to treat opioid use disorder.
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Pain Treatment Therapy Options
Therapies include medications and medical therapies, psychology, biofeedback, relaxation therapy, imagery, physical therapy, aromatherapy, massage and acupuncture.
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Early Peanut Intervention Clinic
The Early Peanut Introduction Clinic at Nationwide Children’s Hospital assesses infants who are at high risk to develop a peanut allergy.