- 21. Cervical Cancer Screening Shanghai
- (Health Check-ups Shanghai)
- ... papillomavirushuman papillomavirus) that can cause these cell changes. The Pap test is recommended for all women, and can be done in a doctor's office or clinic. During the Pap test, the doctor will ...
- 22. Fecal incontinence
- (Fecal incontinence)
- ... cuff, which is implanted around your anal canal. When inflated, the device keeps your anal sphincter shut tight until you're ready to defecate. To go to the toilet, you use a small external pump to deflate ...
- 23. Letting Go for College
- (Young Adult)
- ... attention before they can bring up something that’s troubling them. If parents respond with anger and shut them down, they may feel justified for not sharing their concerns: “Remember, I was going to tell ...
- 24. Teenagers and Gangs
- (Safety)
- ... to be shutting you out. It’s a sad commentary that for some young people, gangs function as surrogate families. Making a teenager feel loved and accepted for who he is at home eliminates much of the lure ...
- 25. Sports Goals and Applications - Teens
- (Fitness)
- ... longer easy. This pressure can be turned up so much that it causes the child to overtrain and become injured or emotionally shut down and lose heart completely. Hence, the high school star who never produces ...
- 26. Teenage Pregnancy
- (Dating & Sex)
- ... to be upset for a day or two. Talk things over together. If you blurt out an incredulous “What on earth were you thinking?!” or “How could you be so irresponsible?!” so be it; you’re human. But then shut ...
- 27. Teen Love Connection
- (Dating & Sex)
- ... on Adolescence. Telling your teen it’s only puppy love or hormones running wild will shut down communication because it tells your teen that you don’t understand or respect the strong emotions of it. ...
- 28. Cooking With Your Children
- (Nutrition)
- ... items. Shut off the oven and burners when you're finished cooking. ...
- 29. Gender Identity and Gender Confusion In Children
- (Gradeschool)
- ... occasions, he may cross-dress and actually consider himself to be a girl. Effeminate boys are sometimes ridiculed, teased as being "gay," and shunned by their peer group. This rejection may intensify ...
- 30. Sports Goals and Applications - Preschoolers
- (Nutrition & Fitness)
- ... during this age group. The primary goals of sports activity for toddlers and young children should be playfulness, experimentation, exploration, and having fun. Shudder at the thought, I know, but face ...
- 31. Social Development in Preschoolers
- (Preschool)
- ... you tell him to do something that he objects to, he may occasionally tell you to “shut up” or even swear at you. Hard as it may be to accept, this sassiness actually is a positive sign that he’s learning ...
- 32. Heart attack
- (Heart attack )
- ... the underlying cause of most heart attacks. An uncommon cause of a heart attack is a spasm of a coronary artery that shuts down blood flow to part of the heart muscle. Drugs, such as cocaine, can cause ...
- 33. Spina bifida
- (Spina bifida)
- ... impairment is common, including: Muscle weakness, sometimes involving paralysis Bowel and bladder problems Seizures, especially if the child requires a shunt Orthopedic problems — such as deformed ...
- 34. Winning the Food Fights
- (Nutrition)
- ... of my latest read, Food Fights: Winning the Nutritional Challenges of Parenthood Armed with Insights, Humor, and a Bottle of Ketchup, by Laura A. Jana, M.D., FAAP, and Jennifer Shu, M.D., FAAP, and published ...
- 35. Sports Instruction: A Toddler's Mental Capacity
- (Fitness)
- ... and young children should be playfulness, experimentation, exploration, and having fun. Shudder at the thought, I know, but face the facts. Children just begin to develop the intellectual and thinking ...
- 36. Cognitive Development: One-Year-Old
- (Toddler)
- ... when it lands in the middle of the busy street below. Although she knows that a door swings open and shut, she doesn’t know that she has to keep her hand from getting caught in it. And even if she’s found ...
- 37. Twins: 2 Cribs or 2 Bedrooms?
- (Sleep)
- ... was sleeping as peacefully as could be. It boggled my mind! Somehow twins can shut out such overnight noises from their twin, and this skill will extend into the preschool years. You do not need to buy ...
- 38. Bringing Baby Home: Preparing Yourself, Your Home, and Your Family
- (Preemie)
- ... of vomiting or diarrhea, upper respiratory infections, hernia complications, persistent or increased apnea, or shunt repair. Now is the time to prepare for an emergency, before one arises. Before your ...
- 39. Responding To Your Baby's Cries
- (Crying & Colic)
- Crying serves several useful purposes for your baby. It gives her a way to call for help when she’s hungry or uncomfortable. It helps her shut out sights, sounds, and other sensations that are too intense ...
- 40. Hunter syndrome
- (Hunter syndrome)
- ... can cause spinal cord problems and may affect your child's eyes and other sensory organs, which can cause severe headaches, interfere with vision, and change your child's mental state. Placement of a shunt ...