Children's In The News: January 2005
Bringing up Brainy: A look at the educational toy market
CBC News | January 19, 2005
These days, going to the toy store is like entering a mini-Mensa convention. There’s a whole wall of educational toy products.
Dr. Dimitri Christakis is a pediatrician and lead researcher at the Children’s Hospital in Seattle. Christakis was curious about the rise in attention problems in kids. He conducted a long-term study with almost 1,300 children and found that TV may be too much to handle for developing brains.
Asthma is on the rise but remains a mystery
Seattle Times | January 5, 2005
In a pilot study nearly a decade ago at Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic, Dr. James Stout of the University of Washington found evidence that in-home visits and education for low-income families significantly reduced emergency room visits and hospitalization for asthma.
Stout helped test those findings in another, larger study. In September, the New England Journal of Medicine published the results from seven cities, including Seattle and Tacoma, showing that education and home visits to reduce exposure to allergens and tobacco smoke significantly improved children’s health.
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