1999 - 2000 Archive
Program #9:
The Cold-like Virus that puts some infants in intensive care. It's called Respiratory Syncytial Virus...or RSV and you've probably had it at one time or another. It's a common but little-known virus that acts much like a cold. All children will get RSV by the time they reach two. For most, the symptoms are no worse than a bad cold: fever, runny nose, phlegmy cough. But what most parents don't know is that for premature babies, infants less than a year old and children with lung or heart disease, RSV can be deadly. Chiropractors, who's manipulating who? Three million Canadians visit a chiropractor every year. Most of them are looking for relief from acute pain. But some are being treated for ear infections, asthma and even baldness.
A recent north American study suggests that almost thirty per cent of chiropractic patients may be getting inappropriate treatment. So when is a visit to the chiropractor appropriate? We talk with Dr. Hamilton Hall, an Orthopedic surgeon and Jean Moss the president of Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College.
Second Opinion
Have you ever complained about your weight or body shape in front of your kids? And what's wrong with that? It's not like you're saying they're fat. But in her Second Opinion, pediatrician Dr. Miriam Kaufman says the damage is the same.
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