Keeping Kids Healthy: Antibiotics Alert: - Can They Harm Your Child

Did you know that antibiotics can actually harm your child? Even when used properly, antibiotics can sometimes wipe out the beneficial bacteria in the body, leaving your child vulnerable to deadly attack from the resistant and harmful ones. And because of overuse, many bacteria have become resistant to even our most powerful antibiotics – which poses a HUGE danger to your child if he becomes infected with one of these resistant strains. Join us to meet a young girl who almost died from the unintended consequences of an antibiotic – and find out what YOU need to know, to use them properly, and to protect your child.

Guests:

Mary Papadakos, Mother who uses antibiotics Christina and Dean Papadakos, Mary’s Children Brandy Lauder, Age 17 George Lauder, Father of Brandy Madelyn Kahana, MD - Pediatric Anesthesiologist; - Pediatric Anesthesiologist; Medical Director, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital Bonnie Offit, MD, FAAP - Pediatrician; Co-Medical Director of Kids First-Haverford/Radnor, Co-Author, Breaking the Antibiotic Habit: A Parent’s Guide to Coughs, Colds, Ear Infections and Sore Throats.«

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