Focus on eye health EYE ANATOMY
Do you know your iris from your cornea, or your retina from your lens? » PAGE 3
WEAR YOUR SHADES
Protect your eyes from ultraviolet light in sunny, yet still white Fairbanks spring. » PAGE 4
IN OTHER HEALTH NEWS Too much sugar UN says world needs to cut sugar consumption dramatically. » PAGE 10
Healthy weight Japan group aims to promote world obesity standards. » PAGE 14
Overshareing Will ‘over-sharenting’ end our children’s privacy. » PAGE 16
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MEDICAL INSIGHT
WHAT’S INSIDE EYE HEALTH  Cornea, pupil, iris, lens, retina: Get to know the anatomy of an eye ................ 4  Ultraviolet eye protection important in bright, white Fairbanks spring ...... 5
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015
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Cornea to retina: Get to know the anatomy of an eye Most people know the basic components of an eye: cornea, pupil, iris, lens and retina. These tissue types, and others, start
a complex process that results in sight, one of our most useful senses. The American Optometric Association’s website provides further detail on how eyes work their magic.
After light bounces off a building, or any other object, it first enters the eye through a thin transparent coating called the cornea. The cornea bends or refracts the rays, directing them through the pupil. The iris — the colored part
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of the eye — surrounds the pupil and regulates the amount of light that enters. The next gate is the lens, which further bends the rays. Finally, photons are focused on the retina, a thin layer of tissue coating the back of the eye that is
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Ultraviolet eye protection most important in Fairbanks’ spring By Sam Friedman SFRIEDMAN@ NEWSMINER.COM
Sunglasses aren’t just for summer. With reflective snow on the ground and longer days, this is the most important time of year to protect your eyes from the harmful effects of ultraviolet light, according to Mike Mavencamp, an optometrist at the West Valley Vision Center. With prolonged sun exposure, people are at risk of photokeratitis, a type of sunburn to the eye’s cornea that can cause serious pain and even vision loss. “The cornea is one of the most innervated tissues in the body and when the
(ultra violet) damages that cornea, the cornea becomes inflamed,� he said. The condition is also known as snow blindness. Mavencamp said he’s seen a handful of Fairbanks cases in the winter, although people who spend lots of time outdoors are usually good about wearing eye protection. It’s also possible to get photokeratitis in summer, especially on reflective bodies of water, although Mavencamp hasn’t seen any cases from summer outdoor activities. Welders know the effects of photokeratitis especially well because they can suffer the burns from using a welding torch without appropriate eye
protection. The condition is sometimes called arc eye. When outside, people can prevent photokeratitis by limiting their exposure to the sun’s ultraviolet light with sunglasses or ski goggles. Not all sunglasses are equally protective. Consumers should look for glasses that absorb most ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B light and which provide protection around the sides of the eyes, Mavencamp said. “If you buy the ones from the gas station, that’s better than nothing, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not going to block 100 percent of that (ultraviolet) wavelength,â€? he said. SHADES Âť 7
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Wednesday, March 25, 2015
HEALTH & WELLNESS
If you’re not my baby, I don’t want to hear your opinions on breastfeeding Last week, I took my 5-monthold son to Whole Foods. We bought a few things (bread flour, a chicken who’d led a happy life). After paying, he seemed
hungry, so I grabbed a seat at a table in the cafĂŠ area to feed him. A well-meaning older woman walked over and said, “It’s so nice to see a nursing mother. It’s so important to breastfeed.â€? I found this incredibly annoying. I am (mostly) breastfeeding my
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The retina, from the Latin word for “net,” contains approximately 125 million tiny light-sensing nerve cells called rods and cones. The most important distinction between rods and cones is sensitivity. Cones provide clear sharp detail in bright conditions and detect color and fine detail. Rods are responsible for peripheral vision, motion detection and low-light sight. Rods and cones — so named because of their shape — convert light into electrical impulses that travel along the optic nerve to the brain, where an image is produced. Rods are far more abundant than cones, but cones carry the bigger workload. In the center of the retina, where fine-vision detail is best, only cones are found.
chemical transmitter that travels to the brain. The cornea and lens are responsible for focusing, which is accomplished by the bending of light. Moreover, the lens makes adjustments for distance focusing by pulling or relaxing the tendons that hold it at its margins, “so that it goes from more spherical for near objects and flatter for far ones,” Hubel wrote. Ciliary muscles are responsible for the changes in shape, but as people age, they lose control of those muscles, compromising their ability to focus — the underlying reason Benjamin Franklin developed the bifocal lens. The concept of sight seems simple — taking input from visual stimuli to create a picture of our surroundings. But the truth is infinitely more complicated and still under investigation. So as you read this,
think about those photons bouncing off the page or computer screen, slipping through the cornea, past the pupil and lens before being registered by millions of nerve cells, then instantly uploaded to your brain to be interpreted. It all happens while the eyes are preparing for the next input. Contact staff writer Robin Wood at 459-7510.
SHADES Continued from 5 Optometrists diagnose photokeratitis by looking at the eye with a microscope. But for people experiencing it, the painful condition usually makes itself obvious, Mavencamp said. People who get
photokeratitis should try to get out of the sun. They may find temporary relief with artificial tears or a cold compress over the eyes, but they should see an eye doctor for additional treatment, he said. Contact staff writer Sam Friedman at 459-7545. Follow him on Twitter: @FDNMoutdoors.
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Rods, and some cones, are found everywhere else in the retina. David Hubel, co-recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, stated the eye is “A machine that is self-focusing, adjusts automatically for light intensity, has a self-cleaning lens, and feeds into a computer with parallelprocessing capabilities so advanced that engineers are only just starting to consider similar strategies” in his 1995 book “Eye, Brain, and Vision.” Hubel expanded on the role of rods and cones in his book. Three types of rods and one type of cone exist. Each of these nerve cells contains a pigment that absorbs one wavelength better than others. When that pigment absorbs a photon of light, it simultaneously changes shapes and releases energy. That energy ultimately secretes the
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Patients who wear correction, whether it be glasses or contact lenses, are well aware that one of the purposes for seeing their eye doctor is to have a refraction in order to see better. But there are many health related reasons for having regular eye exams. The eye doctor diagnoses and treats a variety of ocular diseases and maladies including glaucoma, macular degeneration, and cataracts. Some of these patients have symptoms that drive them to the eye doctor, but others are symptomless. Early detection for these patients can assist in preservation of vision and long term prognosis. Additionally, patients with infections, inflammations, injuries, foreign bodies, and allergies of the eye seek care and resolution of their difficulties at the eye doctor. There are also a number of systemic diseases that can be detected and evaluated by the eye doctor during an annual exam. Patients with diabetes should have yearly eye exams because the eye doctor can view and assess components of the vascular system in the eye. What is or is not occurring in the eye is also likely occurring or not occurring in the rest of the body. This allows them to communicate those findings, both good and bad, with the patient’s primary care provider. Hypertensive (high blood pressure) patients should also have annual eye exams for similar reasons, as well as patients with high cholesterol and those at risk for stroke. The eye care professional is also able to view and evaluate the optic nerve head. This is the eye’s connection to the central nervous system. There are irregularities that arise there that may show evidence of tumors in the brain, neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis, or possible elevated cerebrospinal fluid. Sometimes those patients have symptoms like headache and vision loss and sometimes the patient doesn’t associate their troubles with the eye. It is the eye doctor who often detects that something is amiss in the eye, and possibly the body, as a result of that patient having their yearly eye exam. It has been said in literature that the eyes are the window to the soul. But from a tangible perspective, the eyes can be the window to the body. Having a yearly eye exam is about much more than updating glasses or contact lenses. It is also a part of a preventative model of healthcare. One that might save your vision, reveal the evidence of systemic disease process, or even save your life.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Continued from 6 Don’t force me into a conversation in which I must thank you for supporting my lazy choices. The next day, an art museum in Boston was offering free admission. My son and I strolled through for about an hour and
then got ready to go. After retrieving our coats and getting packed up, my son fussed and I decided to feed him before we went outside in the snow. I took out a contraption I refer to as my “shame apron,� covered myself up and fed him on a bench near the exit. About 10 minutes later, an employee of the museum came over to me. “I
think you might be more comfortable doing that in the living room,� she said. The living room is in a different part of the museum, further from the entrance. “That’s okay,� I replied, thinking she was concerned for my comfort. “We’re just about done.� The woman stalked away and did an elaborate shrug gesture to somebody I
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couldn’t see. That’s when it occurred to me she might have been suggesting I shouldn’t breastfeed on that particular bench. I live in Somerville, Mass., a rapidly gentrifying, hip, young area just outside Boston. Baby-wearing, breastfeeding and baby-led weaning are big here. Being shamed for breastfeeding
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UN: World should cut sugar to 5 percent to 10 percent of diet By Maria Cheng AP MEDICAL WRITER
LONDON — New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone’s sugar high. The U.N. health agency says the world is eating too much sugar and people should slash their intake to just six to 12 teaspoons per day — an amount that could be exceeded with a single can of soda. So, put down that doughnut. And while you’re at it, skip the breakfast cereal, fruit juice, beer and ketchup. The guidelines, released Wednesday, finalize draft advice first released last year and are focused on the added sugars in processed food, as well as those in honey, syrups and fruit juices. The advice does not apply to naturally occurring sugars in fruit, vegetables and milk, since those come
with essential nutrients. “We have solid evidence that keeping intake of (added) sugars to less than 10 percent of total energy intake reduces the risk of overweight, obesity and tooth decay,” Francesco Branca, director of WHO’s nutrition department, said in a statement. Experts have long railed about the dangers of sugar and studies suggest that people who eat large amounts of the sweet stuff are at higher risk of dying prematurely from heart problems, diabetes and cancer, among other conditions. To meet the lower threshold set by the new guidelines, Americans, Europeans and others in the West would have to slash their average sugar intake by about two-thirds. Americans get about 13 percent of their calories from added sugar, or 268 calories a day, the equivalent of about 18 teaspoons. One teaspoon of sugar is about 15
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calories. In Europe, sugar intake ranges from about 7 percent in Hungary and Norway, to 17 percent in Britain to nearly 25 percent in Portugal. Some experts said the 10 percent target was more realistic for Western countries than the lower
target. They said the 5 percent of daily calories figure was aimed mostly at developing countries, where dental hygiene isn’t good enough to prevent cavities, which can lead to serious health problems. Last month, a U.S. government advisory committee recommended that sugar be limited to 10 percent of daily calories, marking the first time the U.S. has called for a limit on added sugars. The Agriculture and Health and Human Services departments will take those recommendations into account when writing the final guidelines, due by the end of the year. WHO had previously suggested an upper limit for sugar consumption of around 10 percent, but issued the 5 percent guidance based on the presumed additional health benefits from cutting intake even further, though it said it had no solid evidence to support that.
“To get down to 5 percent, you wouldn’t even be allowed to have orange juice,” said Tom Sanders, a professor of nutrition and dietetics at King’s College London who wasn’t part of the WHO guidelines. He said it shouldn’t be that difficult for most Europeans, Americans and others in the developed world to get their sugar intake to 10 percent of their diet if they limit things like sugary drinks, cereals, beer, cookies and candy. “Cake is lovely, but it’s a treat,” Sanders said. The Sugar Association slammed the new recommendations, arguing the advice was based on “poor quality, weak and inconsistent data.” It noted WHO itself acknowledged the evidence for the 5 percent target was “very low quality.” SUGAR » 11
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Continued from 10 The International Council of Beverages Associations echoed those concerns and said beverage makers can help people cut back on sugar through smaller portion sizes, as well as no- and low-calorie drinks and providing nutritional information on labels. Coca-Cola, for example, has been more aggressively marketing its “mini cans” and has launched a reduced-calorie version of its namesake soda called Coca-Cola Life that’s sweetened with a mix of sugar and stevia, a natural sweetener. Companies have also been working on new technologies to reduce sugar. Senomyx, based in California, makes ingredients that interact with taste receptors to block or amplify sweetness. They
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have no taste or smell and are listed as artificial flavors. Last year, the U.S. proposed new nutrition labels that would be required to list any sugars added by manufacturers. Sugar is just one of a number of ingredients that have come under attack, such as salt and trans fat. However, WHO pointed out that when it comes to sugar, most people don’t realize how much they’re eating because it’s often hidden in processed foods not considered sweet. For example, one tablespoon of ketchup has about 4 grams (1 teaspoon) of sugar and a single can of soda has up to 40 grams (10 teaspoons). “The trouble is, we really do like sugar in a lot of things,” said Kieran Clarke of the University of Oxford,
who said the global taste for sugar bordered on an addiction. “Even if you are not just eating lollies and candy, you are probably eating a fair amount of sugar.” Clarke noted that there’s added sugar even in pasta sauces and bran cereals. She said fruit juices and smoothies were common dietary offenders, because they have very concentrated amounts of sugar without the fiber benefits that come with eating the actual fruit. Clarke welcomed the new WHO guidelines but said people should also consider getting more exercise to balance out their sweet tooths. “If you do enough exercise, you can eat almost anything,” she said. “But it’s very hard to avoid large amounts of sugar unless all you’re eating is fruits and vegetables.”
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Japan aims to promote world obesity standard By Yuki Sato YOMIURI SHIMBUN
TOKYO — With one survey claiming that 2.1 billion people in the world are obese, the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity has started a campaign to promote early treatment and raise awareness about the global disease. Japan defines obesity as a disease, but it is not generally not considered as an illness overseas. Measures taken by Japan to combat obesity have proven to be effective and other countries are taking notice. Osaka-based JASSO will propose making Japan’s definition of obesity as a disease a global standard at international conferences. Masato Kasuga, president of National Center for Global Health and Medicine, said it would be significant if Japan’s definition became the global standard. “The number of obese people has
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disease as the global standard, hoping that it will prompt other countries to implement countermeasures. This country’s health awareness shown through its food and other areas has drawn attention from around the world. JASSO aims to lead the world in measures against obesity. JASSO plans to spread Japan’s definition of obesity as a disease first in Asia. It will propose a standard for obesity as a disease at the Asia-Oceania Conference on Obesity, which is scheduled to be held in Nagoya in October in the hope of incorporating it in the Nagoya declaration to be adopted at the conference. JASSO will compile a draft for the declaration by the end of this month and call on participating countries to adopt it at the conference.
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An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure Preventive dentistry has become increasingly more prevalent in the past 20 years, and with good cause. It is extremely important to get frequent (every 6 months) dental hygiene cleanings and exams, in order for your dentist to diagnose the small problems and treat them before they become big problems. Left undiagnosed or untreated, what is a minor dental issue will turn into something that will be more costly and could actually result in tooth loss. Home oral hygiene care and diet also play very important roles in preventing tooth and gum disease. Once you leave your dental office, preventive care continues at home with diligent daily brushing and flossing. I recommend brushing twice a day for two full minutes and flossing at least once daily. Brushing alone is not enough. Without flossing, you cannot remove food and plaque (thin white film) from between your teeth. Fluoride rinses are also helpful in reducing the possibility of cavities. Limiting your consumption of sugary foods and drinks and replacing them with more fruits and vegetables, as well as drinking more water will help reduce your risk of decay. The number one cause of tooth loss in people under the age of 25 is decay (cavities). For a cavity to start, three things must be present: 1. Tooth, 2. Sugar, 3. Bacteria or plaque. If any one of these things is not present, decay cannot start. Plaque imbeds itself into the grooves of the chewing surfaces of your teeth. Dental sealants are a very effective way to help reduce cavities from starting. Sealants are simply a thin plastic coating applied to the surface of back teeth. Sealants are an effective and inexpensive way of blocking plaque from forming on hard-to-reach areas with your toothbrush. They are also recommended by the ADA and United States Public Health Services. There are some warning signs that may indicate you have a potential dental problem. Hot or cold sensitivity, a dull ache, spontaneous pain, sensitivity to sweet or sour, or any biting sensitivity are all symptoms that need to be checked by your dentist. If left untreated, any of these symptoms tend to escalate into more serious issues. Another sign there could be a problem is bleeding when brushing or flossing. This is an indication you could have gun disease. It’s possible there is calculus (tartar) buildup that is causing gum irritation and or inflammation. Once the tartar is removed the gums will begin to heal and with consistent and thorough oral hygiene care, a healthy mouth can be attained. If ignored, gum disease (gingivitis), will lead to bone loss and result in the loss of your teeth. Our thanks to Evan L Wheeler, D.D.S., PC, for contributing this column. The article is intended to be strictly informational.
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Will the rise of ‘over-sharenting’ mean the end of privacy for our children? By Abby Phillip THE WASHINGTON POST
Your toddler vomited in the car on your way to the dentist. Frazzled, you post a status on Facebook about the terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad day. Your newborn has decided that sleep is for the birds and you seek late-night company among the other moms. Oh, and doesn’t she just look like an angel when her eyes finally close? Social media has made “sharenting� easier than ever. But just because you can do it, should you? A new national survey from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital found that more than half of mothers and a third of fathers acknowledge that they share the ins and outs of raising their children online. We’re talking everything from cute photos and anecdotes to
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pleas for help raising their little monsters. And more parents who share information about their children online are more interested in the ways “sharenting� can help
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“By the time children are old enough to use social media themselves many already have a digital identity created for them by their parents,â€? Sarah J. Clark, associate research scientist in the University of Michigan’s Department of Pediatrics, said in a statement. “On one hand, social media offers today’s parents an outlet they find incredibly useful. On the other hand, some are concerned that oversharing may pose safety and privacy risks for their children.â€? According to the survey, parents seem willing to call out other parents who over-share online. Three-quarters of parents say they know someone else who shares too much information about their child. More than half of those people classify the information as embarrassing or divulging too much about the child’s location. OVESRHARE Âť 19
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or younger. It’s easy to understand why sharenting has become so pervasive. Sharing on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and other platforms has made communicating online easy - even for parents whose time is a scarce commodity. And for parents who may be dealing with new or difficult challenges associated with their children, comfort is never too far away. It’s no wonder that tweens and teens are now turning away from the social media platforms that their parents are beginning to infiltrate. Take Facebook: For much of the last 11 years, parents have shared the ins and outs of their children’s lives on that platform with impunity, leaving teens to live in a world where they are inheriting a social media identity that they had no hand in creating (beyond acting out during the terrible twos and sitting still for mortifying grade-school photos).
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Survey: Parents increasingly ask doctors to delay vaccines Kim Taylor chose to space out the vaccinations for her children, including her son Noah, 14. Noah was diagnosed with autism at 3. Pushed by her insurance company to combine the shots, she opted to pay out of pocket for separate trips to the doctor. PHOTO FOR
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CHICAGO — Parents have increasingly pressured doctors to delay vaccines for young children, making their kids and others vulnerable to preventable diseases, a study suggests. The findings are in a national survey of pediatricians and family doctors asked about parents wanting to postpone some of the many shots recommended for children younger than age 2. Nearly all doctors said that at least some parents had requested vaccine delays in a typical month; and 1 in 4 said those numbers had increased since the previous year. More about the survey in Monday’s Pediatrics and delaying childhood vaccines:
most also said they at least sometimes agreed to the delays. Only 3 percent said they often or always tell parents who insist on vaccine delays to seek care from another doctor.
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So, what can you do about dry eyes? Start by using a humidifier. Excessive movement of air is extremely drying. Home furnaces, ceiling fans, and car defrosters are the biggest culprits for Fairbanksans. Also, if you notice dryness while using the computer or TV, take frequent breaks and remember to blink regularly. You can also use heat compresses directly on your eyelids. Use a warm, damp washcloth and a gentle massaging motion on your eyelids for five to ten minutes. The heat warms up the oil in the oil glands, making it flow more easily. There are even new sleep masks that incorporate heat and moisture to increase tear production. Also, the occasional use of baby shampoo to scrub the lids can eliminate bacteria growth which sometimes blocks your glands.
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Continued from 16 But what really amounts to too much sharing online? Is there a difference between sharing stories intended for the consumption of Grandma and Grandpa and exposing children to future embarrassment? And are we handing over the privacy of our children for the instant gratification of online comfort, even as some parents lobby social media platforms to do more to protect their children? Unless parents are careful about guarding their children’s privacy, it is easy for well-intended sharing to go wrong. A recent Fast Company report highlighted the disturbing trend of Instagram users “role-playing� with stolen baby photos. And stories about the
perils of over-sharing are easy to come by. In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in 2012, writer Liza Long told her painful and personal experience about raising a child who suffered from mental illness. The post was originally written on her blog Anarchist Soccer Mom and accompanied by a photo of her son, who was given the pseudonym “Michael.� It quickly circulated across the Internet as “I am Adam Lanza’s Mother,� after a line Long had written: “I am sharing this story because I am Adam Lanza’s mother. I am Dylan Klebold’s and Eric Harris’s mother. I am James Holmes’s mother. I am Jared Loughner’s mother. I am Seung-Hui Cho’s mother.� Later, Long noted that the words were intended to be more of a semiprivate diary. It just didn’t stay that way:
“I wrote the words, ‘I am Adam Lanza’s mother,’ not to the world, but to myself. Before I could get help for my son, I had to admit how desperately I needed it. That first step — acknowledging to myself the gravity of my family’s situation, our tenuous and faltering grip on the external trappings of normalcy that I so desperately craved — is what ultimately allowed my son to get the help he needs.� While that may have been her goal, Long’s essay was roundly condemned by other mothers who viewed it as exploitative and damaging to her son’s future thanks to the Internet’s haunting permanency. The recent conviction of noted mommy blogger Lacey Spears in the death of her young son Garnett is also perhaps an extreme case that shows how sharenting can enable exploitative
behavior. Spears, who was convicted of poisoning her son with salt, had blogged and tweeted about the difficulties of coping with her son’s health challenges. The University of Michigan researchers note that parents may be divulging not just their struggles in raising their children, but also their child’s physical
location and habits, which can be fodder for predators. And perhaps most saliently, parents who think they fully understand how to protect themselves and their children online often don’t, and they accidentally open the door for inadvertent disclosures. The ever-changing landscape of online privacy means that
what you think you’re protecting today might be “fair game� tomorrow. “Parents are responsible for their child’s privacy and need to be thoughtful about how much they share on social media so they can enjoy the benefits of camaraderie but also protect their children’s privacy today and in the future,� Clark added.
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Pediatric Chiropractic Care “EXPERIMENTAL� OR A “DRUG-FREE� ANSWERED PRAYER Chiropractic care for children and infants has for many years been placed in the box “experimental and investigational.� However, a recent review of the literature and commentary published in the Journal of Pediatric, Maternal and Family Health Chiropractic in January of 2015, has done much to debunk this claim and offer research and evidence that supports chiropractic care of children. In particular, asthma, infantile colic and asthma have been identified as the conditions with the most research to back the use of chiropractic care as an effective, and drug free treatment option. Chiropractic care, by definition, provides health care to patients of all ages and genders with a focus on the inherent ability of the body to heal itself without the use of drugs or surgery. With the spine as the protector of the master controller of the body—the central nervous system—the focus of chiropractic care is on the spine’s proper position and function. If an area of the spine does not move correctly or is mal-positioned, it can affect the nervous system and nerves at this level. Chiropractors often call this condition subluxation. Following are more details on what current research shows on the use of chiropractic care for the pediatric population. Asthma: Recent reviews of the literature have found 36 peer reviewed studies, spreading the full gamut of the accepted hierarchy for acceptable research, involving chiropractic care and asthma in children. All three randomized clinical control trials (the research gold standard) found those receiving chiropractic care had increased quality of life, decreased symptom severity, and lower medication usage. Otitis Media (OM): The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has deemed observation without antibiotic use as an acceptable form of treatment for OM, due to antibiotic ineffectiveness in recent years. A review of 49 articles on chiropractic and OM concluded that there is evidence suggesting improved quality of life, decreased frequency of infection and less medication use in children receiving chiropractic care for OM. Infantile Colic: Several clinical controlled trials have been published and reviewed showing chiropractic care decreased crying hours in colicky infants compared with those who did not receive chiropractic care. Chiropractic care offers far more than relief from back and neck pain! While research can be a long time coming, it is there and shows that the impact chiropractic care can have on children is nothing but positive.
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Our thanks to Alexandra Swenson, DC, for contributing this column. The article is intended to be strictly informational.
Our thanks to Dr. Steven Lewis for contributing this column. The article is intended to be strictly informational.
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