604 Health News Update

Drug companies have traditionally been reluctant to test their products on children. An initiative to encourage more research is working—but are the results getting to the doctors who need them?
Green tea has a reputation as a beverage with real health benefits. Is it deserved?
The People’s Pharmacy pediatrician, Dr. Alan Greene, will tell why French fries may be bad for kids. We’ll also learn why ear infections don’t automatically mean antibiotics any more. And we open our lines for calls from listeners at 888-472-3366!
Guests: Daniel Benjamin, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical School; also with the Office of Pediatric therapeutics, Office of the Commissioner, FDA. Publication: Peer-Reviewed Publication of Clinical Trials Completed for Pediatric Exclusivity. JAMA, Sept. 13, 2006. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/296/10/1266
Lenore Arab, PhD, is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of California, Los Angeles
Alan Greene, MD, is founder and CEO of www.drgreene.com and Stanford University Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics. His book is From First Kicks to First Steps: Nurturing Your Baby’s Development from Pregnancy Through the First Year of Life.