by PediaBlog | Apr 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Earlier this month on The PediaBlog, we explored the dangers of Sucking Vapors by “JUULing”: What looks like a flash drive, plugs into a computer’s USB port for charging, tastes like a caramel macchiato or a mango, produces a cloudy vapor suitable...
by PediaBlog | Apr 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
What looks like a flash drive, plugs into a computer’s USB port for charging, tastes like a caramel macchiato or a mango, produces a cloudy vapor suitable for blowing smoke rings, and packs a nicotine punch? Chances are your teenager knows that it is a...
by PediaBlog | Jan 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Other than a nice warm bowl of chicken soup or a spoonful of honey (for children older than one year of age), parents will find that the numerous over-the-counter products marketed to treat symptoms of colds and flu are expensive, ineffective, and have unintended...
by PediaBlog | Sep 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s happening all around the country, especially in neighboring states like West Virginia and Ohio, and it’s happening right here in western Pennsylvania, too: the opioid epidemic is claiming more and more young lives. The CDC reported last week...
by PediaBlog | Jun 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last year on The PediaBlog, we noted the following encouraging trends in teen behavior, even using the words “responsible” and “teenagers” in the same sentence: Tobacco and alcohol use. Both at historic low levels. (Smoking tobacco...
