| PARENT TO PARENT: Baby's night waking might have hidden medical cause
Q. I'm having trouble getting my 9-month-old to sleep through the night. She has always gone down for the night with no problem, until she turned about 8 months old. She is waking up every hour screaming. She is not hungry and does not have gas. I am at my wits' end. a mother in Fayetteville If your baby is crying all through the night, talk to your primary-care physician about a possible hidden medical problem. What's at the root of a baby's sudden change? Parents who have made it through similar, upsetting nights reported diverse causes: ear infections, urinary-tract infections, gastroesophageal reflux causing heartburn-like symptoms, milk allergies, teething and anemia. Be a sleuth. For example, when a child is too little to say "my ear hurts," caregivers have to look for signs of an ear infection, including trouble sleeping, crying more often and tugging at the ears.
Heavily Advertised Drugs Not Always Best Option
MADISON, Wis. -- The pharmaceutical industry spends billions of dollars a year advertising drugs directly to people, but Consumer Reports said the most highly promoted drugs are not necessarily the best choice. Lunesta is the most heavily advertised prescription drug, but plenty of others get air time, like the acid reflux drug Nexium and the asthma medication Advair. Those ad campaigns are reaching their target audience, according to Consumer Reports' chief medical advisor Dr. Marvin Lipman. Lipman reviewed a survey of 39,000 patients and 335 doctors to see what kind of requests doctors get in a typical week. "Seventy-eight percent of the physicians we surveyed said they've gotten, 'I saw it on TV' requests," Lipman said. The most frequently requested prescriptions were for insomnia, acid reflux, impotence and allergies.
Consumer Reports Reviews TV Advertised Drugs
(CBS4) BOSTON The pharmaceutical industry spends billions of dollars a year advertising drugs directly to people like you, but as you're about to see, you need to beware. Consumer Reports says the most highly promoted drugs aren't necessarily your best choice.TV Commercial: You'd have to have been in a deep sleep to.Have you missed commercials with the Lunesta butterfly?TV Commerical: "Lunesta helps you fall asleep quickly."Lunesta is the most heavily advertised prescription drug, but plenty of others get air time, like the acid reflux drug Nexium.TV Commercial: "Want to just feel better? I am better."And the asthma medication AdvairTV Commercial: "Advair is the one controller that treats the two main causes of asthma symptoms."Those ad campaigns are reaching their target audience, says Dr.
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