Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Post #14- Your Child's Cough

"To Treat or Not To Treat Your Child's Cough - That is the Question"
By Marina Rockinger
Komo News
October 28, 2014

http://www.komonews.com/news/health/To-treat-or-not-to-treat-your-childs-cough---that-is-the-question-280542012.html

Summary: Pediatrician Dr. Deb Lonzer discusses the importance of educating parents on the fact that not everything needs to be treated. Unnecessary treatment can negatively affect diseases that are already being treated with antibiotics.

Relevance: This article ties directly into health education. We can provide information about unnecessary treatments in our bimonthly newsletters as well as at the health fair.

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