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Helping Parents Breathe Easier
New book by head of UCLA’s pediatric ear, nose and throat medicine, answers common questions about respiratory issues in children, newborn to five years. First-time parents of a newborn sometimes obsess over the baby’s breathing. They watch the tiny chest move rhythmically up and down for hours, fearful of a change […]
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Baby’s Breath
Baby’s Breath Published: 12/15/2011 by Christina Elston A Guide To the Ins and Outs Of Infant Airways What parent hasn’t stood over their sleeping infant in awe, marveling at the tiny hands, the little nose and ears, and just watching him breathe? Despite the fact that she has Mom’s eyes or […]
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S.I. Parent December 2011 – Why Does My Child Snore? Is It Normal?
Hopefully well before your child has his first birthday, he will be sleeping through the night. Perhaps you have established some cozy bedtime rituals, or perhaps you suffered through some variation of ‘sleep training’. However you got there, if you child is sleeping through the night, then mission accomplished. Or is it? Don’t close that […]
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Parents Magazine
Removing Tonsils Could Treat Behavior Problems Check Those Tonsils! Annie Drohan used to stand next to her 5-year-old’s bed every night and listen to her snore and breathe irregularly. “It was terrifying — sometimes I’d count to 25 before Meghan would take her next breath,” says the mom from Torrance, California. Then Meghan’s teacher called […]
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LA Times
A CLOSER LOOK: AIR POLLUTION Take a deep breath — more bad news on air pollution By Jill U. Adams October 12, 2009 The consequences of breathing bad air is linked to appendicitis and ear infections, new studies indicate.It’s easy to see how air pollution would affect respiratory disease: You breathe in smog-filled miasma all […]
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Westside Today
Make Halloween Safe for All – Make sure that Halloween is all treat and no trick by watching out for your tyke’s airways. By Dr. Nina L. Shapiro | October 03, 2011 Photo courtesy of Menastic What child doesn’t love Halloween? In fifteen years as a pediatric ear, nose, and throat doctor, Halloween is always my slowest workday. What […]
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