This is PEDYACAST.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello everyone, and welcome.

Once again to Pediacast.

It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the campus of nationwide children's hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It is episode 444 for October 23rd, 2019.

We're calling this one Halloween safety and asthma express.

We want to welcome all of you to the program.

Halloween is around the corner, and soon there will be a lot of little ghosts and zombies and princesses and pirates, crossing streets and going door to door begging for candy, at least in my neighborhood. And I'll bet the same

is true in your neighborhood as well. And of course, we want you and your kids to be safe this

year as you prepare for the holiday, host or attend a Halloween party, and canvas the neighborhood

for tricks and treats. It's another one of those topics we cover nearly every year, and it's important to do so because

after a year of not going trick-or-treat, you know, not thinking about Halloween, we often

forget or overlook tips and tricks for keeping our families and those little kiddos safe.

So with help from the American Academy of Pediatrics, we will run through

all the details of what all of us need to know and remember regarding Halloween safety.

That will be coming up momentarily. And then we're going to turn our attention to asthma and a special

program here at nationwide children's Hospital called Asthma Express.

Asthma is a very common disorder affecting about 10% of all kids in the United States.

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