WakeMed pediatrician Dr. Travis Honeycutt spoke with WRAL this week about the use of probiotics in recovering from the contagious norovirus. Symptoms of norovirus include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach cramps. Probiotics is a healthy bacteria that normally lives in the intestine and can be found as dietary supplements. They combat the virus by putting [...]

WakeMed medication safety officer and pharmacist Alex Jenkins discussed prescription drug safety with WRAL. Pain medications, sleep aids, and anti-anxiety medications can be of concern, especially when a patient is taking a combination of all three. They work on the same brain receptors and can cause drowsiness, dizziness, unconsciousness, and difficulty breathing.  It’s important to [...]

How do we put more than one car seat in the back of the car? …. Our car is small.
Let’s start to answer this question by sharing that statistics show 73 percent of crashes are from either the front or rear or the vehicle and the other 27 percent are equally dispersed between the left [...]

Which is the best seat for my baby?
Unfortunately, car seat technicians are not allowed to answer this popular question with a product name or model, because we are prohibited from saying one seat is better than the other implying endorsement.
Our biggest concern is that you have a car seat you can use correctly 100 percent [...]

The News &  Observer reported this morning that norovirus is on the rise in North Carolina, including in Wake and Orange counties. 
Highly contagious, this virus can infect someone who ingests only 10 particles of virus.  That is smaller than the head of a pin.  For example, it usually takes about 100,000 colonies of a bacteria [...]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and manufacturers of over-the-counter liquid acetaminophen products recently agreed to move toward a single concentration for all liquid acetaminophen. 
All pediatric liquid acetaminophen for infant and children will be 160 milligrams per 5ml (or one teaspoon).  The hope is the single liquid concentration product will reduce dosing errors and create [...]

Few parents are aware that car seats, like milk, actually expire.  But, many who are aware that car seats expire often believe that it is a marketing ploy by manufacturers to get parents to purchase new seats – an expensive endeavor. 
The truth is, car seats are made out of a special kind of plastic that [...]

Having been an orthopaedic surgeon for the past 11 years specializing in trauma surgery, I have treated many different types of injuries – some of which still amaze me.  However, I have come to expect the cause of the many severe injuries.
The biggest injury offenders are:
Trampolines are notorious for causing injures, including fractures of the [...]

You took care to ensure your child was only given age appropriate, safe toys for the holidays. But, it is imperative to remain vigilant in protecting your children because dangers children lurk in the most unlikely places.
For example, batteries in common items like remote controls, calculators, watches, car key fobs, flameless tea lights and bathroom [...]

The Washington Post recently published an article that provides suggestions on how to use technology to get or stay healthier in 2012.  Some solutions are as simple as a Smartphone app and some are as complicated as genomic analysis.  Either way, it is an interesting read and may offer some easy ideas to help 2012 be [...]