BPA, Head Lice, Teen Driving - PediaCast 320

PediaCast: Pediatric Podcasts for Parents

Dr Mike

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4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2015

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Join Dr Mike in the PediaCast Studio for more News Parents Can Use. This week’s topics include a new study on MMR and autism, sleep safety in car seats and infant carriers, an update on BPA in plastics, daycare & illness, treating head lice, standing & learning, teenage drivers, and the mental health of college students.

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0:00.0	This is Pedicast.
0:20.7	Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.
0:24.9	And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.
0:30.1	Hello, everyone, and welcome once again to Pediacast.
0:33.6	It's a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.
0:35.9	This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital.
0:40.4	We're in Columbus, Ohio.
0:41.6	It is June 3rd, 2015.
0:44.5	We have episode 320 for you.
0:47.1	We're calling this one BPA, Headlice, and Teen Driving.
0:51.9	I want to welcome everyone to the show.
0:53.5	So I have a news parents can use edition of the program lined up for you this week.
0:57.9	And for those of you who are new to PediaCast, here's how our news episodes work.
1:04.4	We comb through the scientific journals in search of studies that we think will be helpful for moms and dads.
1:11.4	That way you can hear the latest evidence-based advice for raising your kids and keeping them healthy.
1:17.7	Most of the studies we cover are good ones, but now and then we throw some not-so-good ones in, too,
1:23.0	especially not-so-good ones that may have created a buzz in the mainstream media, and we point out why we think they might not be so good.
1:32.6	Why do we do this?
1:33.8	Well, it's important to approach science with a bit of skepticism, but it's also important to prevent our skepticism from interfering with our ability to accept legitimate findings.
1:45.5	Really, that's what evidence-based medicine is all about.
1:48.8	We want to advise parents on what they should do, but we should also be ready to explain why.
1:54.6	How did we come up with these recommendations?
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