Childhood Ear Infections: A Parent's Guide to Alternative Treatments

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Ear infections are the number one reason parents bring their children to the doctor, especially during the winter season. The most common treatment is antibiotics, although a steady stream of research has raised serious questions about the effectiveness and safety of these various drugs on small children. Dr. Schmidt argues that middle ear problems in children show a strong correlation to diet and nutritional status. He offers preventive strategies and a thorough examination of alternative treatments.

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"There are better ways of managing children's ear problems. Dr. Schmidt's comprehensively researched and referenced new book provides answers parents and professionals are seeking. My recommendation."
- William G. Crook, M.D.

Author Bio

Dr. Michael A. Schmidt is the author of Beyond Antibiotics, Brain-Building Nutrition, Childhood Ear Infections, and Tired of Being Tired. He did his Ph.D. research in molecular medicine and biochemistry within the Life Sciences Division at NASA Ames Research Center, with studies in neuroscience and metabolomics at Lancaster University. He teaches in the Metabolomics Training Program at the University of Colorado, and he works closely with the human disease modeling laboratory (3-D tissue analogues group) and with the human space flight initiative of the suborbital research group at NASA. He has applied his work in functional genomics and metabolomics to human disease states, as well as to methods to enhance human performance. Dr. Schmidt co-founded Sovaris Aerospace, which addresses problems of complexity in space biomedicine, along with Cyvia Neurosystems, which develops EEG-based neurophysiology tools. He is a gifted communicator, who has spent his career translating complex topics in science and medicine to general audiences.