Parenting: Dealing With the Bedtime Struggle
Do your kids resist going to bed? Put the nightly pushback to rest. (Source: WebMD Health)

Recent Study Highlights Risk of Haloperidol (Haldol) for Persons with Dementia
A recent study published in the online journal BMJ outlines research on antipsychotic medications and their use in people with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Antipsychotics are a specific type of psychotropic medication that are often used to help control some of the challenging behaviors that people with dementia experience. The initial approach to behaviors should always be to use behavior modification strategies and attempt to determine the causes behind the behaviors, since we know that most behavior has meaning. However, medications are also prescribed when these non-drug approaches are ineffective. This recent study reviewed more than 75,000 people in the United States who had been prescribed antipsychotic medications in nursing homes from 2001-2005. (Data from people in nursing ...