Health Updates-May 2010

Filed under: Clinic News, Events, Health Updates, News and Events — Efraim @ 10:23 am

Pediatrics:

Do swimming lessons reduce drowning risk?
A recent study in Archives of Pediatriac and Adolescent medicine says that the answer in 1-4 year olds is YES by 88%. This was after adjusting for income, education, risk taking, and race. However, swimming lessons were not predictive of drowning risk in the 5-19 year old age group. [...]