PULSE PROTECT YOUR LITTLE ONE PREPARING FOR LIFE'S EMERGENCIES - BIG AND SMALL.A sick child. A sad child. A hurt child. Any one of these in a household translates to a trying time for Mom and Dad. Parents strive to keep their children healthy and happy, but they don't always know how to solve each problem that arises. Fortunately, there are resources that can help. Here are a few recent items that deal with specific parental concerns. Two books from DK Publishing - presented in that company's easy-to-read and well-illustrated style - offer some basic guidelines. ``The First Years'' (DK; $14.95) gives advice on caring for children from birth to 36 months. While not a comprehensive guide, this book gives parents basic information on communicating with their baby and tracking the child's physical and emotional development. Director Rob Reiner, who founded the I Am Your Child Foundation, wrote the foreword. With kids, accidents do happen. The Johns Hopkins Children's Center book ``First Aid for Children Fast'' (DK; $11.95) is a must-have guide for anyone who might have to respond to an emergency. There are step-by-step instructions with staged photographs for treating everything from bumps and bruises to concussions and broken bones. The end of the book gives tips for keeping your child's surroundings safe, so maybe you'll avoid some mishaps. It's a great book to leave out for baby sitters, too. Another easy way to help a sitter is to post the Babysitter babysitter A person, often an intelligent family member, who stays by the bedside of a Pt requiring mechanical ventilation, and guards for equipment malfunctions or other problems Center, a dry-erase poster, on your refrigerator. The poster has space for emergency numbers and special instructions and also tells the sitter what to do for poisonings, choking, burns, bleeding, seizures and broken bones. To receive a poster, send a self-addressed 9-by-12-inch envelope with 80 cents in postage to: Council on Family Health, ``Babysitter Center,'' at PMB PMB Private Message Board PMB Print Measurement Bureau PMB Performance Measurement Baseline PMB Private Mail Box (non-USPS) PMB Plant and Microbial Biology PMB Private Mailbox PMB Physics in Medicine and Biology 422, 1155 Connecticut Ave. N.W., Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20036. Additional copies are $1. Last, a short video from the Children's Health Children's Health Definition Children's health encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of children from infancy through adolescence. Environmental Coalition shows parents how to protect children from household toxins. The 17-minute presentation, ``Not Under My Roof! Protecting Your Baby From Toxins at Home,'' is given by celebrity moms Olivia Newton-John and Kelly Preston (wife of John Travolta). It offers alternatives to using toxic chemical cleaners and other items in your home. To order, call (800) 452-4789 or go online to www.checnet.org - Elizabeth Smilor STAR SWEAT: Matthew McConaughey is a treadmill junkie. Halle Berry is hooked on Pilates. Sarah Michelle Gellar Sarah Michelle Gellar (born April 14, 1977) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as the fictional character Buffy Summers in the acclaimed television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination. swears by sushi. Shape magazine is betting its readers want to know these celeb ce·leb n. Informal A celebrity. secrets and more. They've filled a special issue called Fit Hollywood with tidbits TidBITS is an award-winning electronic newsletter and web site dealing primarily with Apple Computer and Macintosh-related topics. Internet publication TidBITS has been published weekly since April 16, 1990, which makes it one of the longest running Internet publications. on celebrity beauty, fitness and nutrition tips. The cover story is on Janet Jackson and includes information from her nutritionist nu·tri·tion·ist n. One who is trained or is an expert in the field of nutrition. nutritionist Dietitian, see there and personal trainer. The special issue will be on newsstands Tuesday. - Daily News MEN'S HEALTH Men's Health Definition Men's health is concerned with identifying, preventing, and treating conditions that are most common or specific to men. : Prostate cancer. It's the most-common cancer among American men and second-most common cause of death, yet a simple screening can help you beat the odds. According to Dr. E. David Crawford, chairman of the Prostate Cancer Education Council, the best prevention is a screening at age 40 that includes a physical exam and blood work. Feeling squeamish squea·mish adj. 1. a. Easily nauseated or sickened. b. Nauseated. 2. Easily shocked or disgusted. 3. Excessively fastidious or scrupulous. about the exam? Worried you've already got it? There are two new books out on the subject that will make it easier to deal with doctors and the diagnosis. In ``Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer'' (Warner Books; $25.95), you'll get a brief anatomy lesson on the prostate and all the things that can go wrong, and then a discussion of the numerous ways doctors look for problem spots - from MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. exams to bone scans to magnetic beads that are coated with antibodies to act as flypaper in the blood. Dr. Walssurgery and offers support to survivors, who often feel depressed and physically weakened. ``The Prostate Book'' by Dr. Stephen N. Rous (W.W. Norton; $26.95) is a smaller, more concise primer designed to demystify de·mys·ti·fy tr.v. de·mys·ti·fied, de·mys·ti·fy·ing, de·mys·ti·fies To make less mysterious; clarify: an autobiography that demystified the career of an eminent physician. the purpose of the prostate and demonstrate how prostate problems are not related to the ability to perform sexually. Both books are available at book stores. - Barbara De Witt CAPTION(S): 7 photos Photo: (1) no caption (woman holding child) (2 -- 3) no caption (book covers) (4) no caption (Shape magazine) (5 -- 6) no caption (book covers) |
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