Downeast Schoolhouse » child health http://downeastschoolhouse.com Education, bread, music, orneriness. In monstrous slabs. Irony in wee drams. Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:35:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 “Rising Tide of Meds” http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/11/rising-tide-of-meds/ http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/11/rising-tide-of-meds/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:00:53 +0000 admin http://downeastschoolhouse.com/?p=899

It’s not really very good news, but you probably saw it coming: children are on average less healthy and more “medicalized” [my word] than previously.

A recent article in USA Today “Number of kids on medication jumps alarmingly” (11/3/08) glosses an article in the newest issue of Pediatrics, “Trends in the Prevalence of Chronic [...]]]> http://downeastschoolhouse.com/2008/11/rising-tide-of-meds/feed/ 0