Passport to Health

Filed under: Children, Health Updates, Infants, News and Events, Promoting Wellness — Efraim @ 3:42 pm

Click here to get the guide to your child’s health, happiness and safety. A new innovation by the doctors in Leumit from RBS Alef. Put your immunization record in the book and take it with you to your well child visit close to the birthday of each child.
One of the many great services at Leumit!
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Health Updates: November 2009

Filed under: Clinic News, Events, Health Updates, News and Events — Efraim @ 10:07 am

November Newsletter
Pediatric article of interest:
Prophylactic Acetaminophen Before Vaccination in Infants Reduces Vaccine Response Lancet.2009;374:1305-1306, 1339-1350.
http://cme.medscape.com/viewarticle/711230?src=cmenews&uac=128475DZ
While physicians have traditionally recommended giving Tylenol/Acamol/Paracetamol prior to immunizations to prevent fever and pain, a recent study in the respected journal Lancet suggests that these medications may prevent the immune sytem from producing the appropriate response to immunizations. Antibody [...]