?Technology
and caffeine
affecting teens
Fueled by caffeine ? teens are up late at
night and they aren?t just focusing on
homework. Internet surfing, text messaging
and gaming are keeping teens up for
hours into the night. ?Technology has
become an enormous part of everyday
life ? especially in adolescents,? says Nimi
Singh, M.D., director of Adolescent Health
and Medicine at University of Minnesota
Amplatz Children?s Hospital. Most teens
have at least one electronic device in their
room ? whether it is a television, cell phone,
computer, telephone, or music device. The
average sixth grader has at least two of these
devices, and the average twelfth grader has
four devices. And with all this technology,
the amount of sleep teens are getting at
night is decreasing.
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October 2009 Vol. 3, issue 5
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Warren Regelmann, M.D., pediatric pulmonologist and interim pediatric CF program director, Minnesota
Cystic Fibrosis Center, Carlye Tomczyk, C.N.P., and Amy Powers, M.S., C.G.C., CF genetic counselor.
Pulmonary expertise reaches across the globe
Recently, Warren Regelmann, M.D. and Terri Laguna, M.D., pediatric pulmonologists at
University of Minnesota Amplatz Children?s Hospital expanded their expertise in lung disease
to a pediatric patient on the other side of the world.
Drs. Regelmann and Laguna were contacted by iTelehealth, a Minnesota based company,
delivering e-health and Web-application services designed to advance health care practices
worldwide. An Iraqi employee at their location in Baghdad was told his 13-year-old daughter,
Rauaa, had cystic fibrosis and he was desperate for his daughter to be seen by a physician from the
U.S. since medical resources are in short supply in Iraq.
New age medicine
Regelmann and Laguna met with two Iraqi physicians, Rauaa, and her parents, through video
teleconferencing where the doctors were able to see and hear each other, and could easily ask
questions and share information about Rauaa?s condition.
The Iraqi doctors gave a full description of Rauaa?s condition that included a recurring ear
infections, sinus infections, and chest infections with a productive cough. Dr. Laguna noticed
Rauaa coughed constantly throughout the initial teleconference consultation.
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