Children's Health Issues Articles

Each month, Dr. Oliver R Smith Jr. publishes a new article related to childrens health. Here are some links to the current article and to previous months' articles.

Month
Article
February 2012
Wear Your Helmet!
January 2012
Infant Mortality
December 2011
The Risks of Being Born
November 2011
Self Esteem = Success
October 2011
Bedtime Story Benefits
September 2011
Pox Party!
August 2011
Being Born Is Hard!
July 2011
Antibiotics? Again?
June 2011
Lice and Ringworm
May 2011
Living With Asthma?
April 2011
Car Seat Catastrophe
March 2011
Fear of Fevers
February 2011
Ritalin Risks
January 2011
Growing Pains
December 2010
Autism-Mercury Connection
November 2010
Chiropractic and Bedwetting
October 2010
Backpacks 101
September 2010
How Bones Grow
August 2010
Colic? Try Chiropractic!
July 2010
"My Baby Won't Nurse"
June 2010
Asthma On the Rise
May 2010
Another Breakout Ruins the Day
April 2010
Innie or Outie?

Dr. Oliver Asks some important questions of interest to El Paso residents - Chiropractor El Paso Dr. Oliver Asks...

Why is a "slipped disc" unlikely?
Separating each spinal vertebra is a disc. Its fibrous outer ring holds in a jelly-like material. Because of the way a disc attaches to the spinal bones above and below it, it can't actually "slip." However, a disc can bulge, tear, herniate, thin and collapse. But it can't slip.
What are the two things drugs do?
Drugs can either speed up (laxatives, amphetamines, caffeine) a bodily process, or slow down (stomach antacids, sleep aids, antihistamines, muscle relaxers) a bodily process. Chiropractic care can produce the same results, but relies on the intelligence of the body. Chiropractors trust your body. Do you?