[DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar] Farr WK, Revere A
Other risk factors for acute ear infections include: Attending day care (especially centers with more than 6 children) Changes in altitude or climate Cold climate Exposure to smoke Family history of ear infections Not being breastfed Pacifier use Recent ear infection Recent illness of any type (because illness lowers the body's resistance to infection) Birth defect, leading to deficiency in eustachian tube function Symptoms In infants, often the main sign of an ear infection is acting irritable or crying that cannot be soothed
Claim of link between intelligence and cannabis use in adolescence provides fresh headache for researchers
But there is at least one major point on which PMI, its Foundation for a Smoke-Free World, and I agree: the need to address the glaring void in medical school curricula and postgraduate training on preventing teenage-onset tobacco use, on teaching behavior-modifying techniques to facilitate smoking cessation, and on helping prevent patients from relapsing
Among them, 55 were smoking patients, 80 were drinking patients, and 1,189 were controls
