According to a new American Academy of Pediatrics report published in the journal, Pediatrics, probiotics taken early during diarrhea from a viral infection may shorten the illness in otherwise healthy children. And probiotics also may prevent diarrhea in children who are taking antibiotics, which can sometimes cause the condition.
This study investigates the relationship between hair element status and problem behaviour in a sample of 237 children attending grades K through four in Victoria, British Columbia schools. Children were classified on the basis of behavioural status using the Walker Problem Behavior Identification Checklist. Logistic regression analyses were used in order to assess the degree of association between hair element status and behaviour. Two analyses were performed for each Walker scale, both of which used behavioural status as the response (dependent) variable.
Many issues in pediatrics call for an Orthomolecular approach in order to forestall or replace more traditional measures of medical management. This paper will address the issues of recurrent upper respiratory disorders (RURD) and the hy-perkinetic/attention deficit disorder (HK/ADD).
A food additive is any substance not commonly regarded or used as food, which is added to, or used in or on, food at any stage to affect its keeping quality, texture, consistency, taste, colour, alkalinity or acidity, or to serve any other technological function in relation to food, and includes processing aids in so far as they are added to or used in or on food.1,2 Food additives in use today can be divided roughly into three main types: cosmetics, preservatives and processing aids, totalling presently about 3,794 different additives, of which over 3,640 are used purely as cosmetics, 63 a
Seven studies are reviewed that have examined the impact of vitamin/mineral supplementation on children's performance on intelligence tests. Five studies have reported that the taking of supplements was associated with improved performance, although not all children respond, rather those whose diet supplies low levels of vitamins and minerals benefit. In the studies that have reported positive findings, in each case the response was primarily in terms of non-verbal measures of intelligence, a change that is predicted theoretically.
