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Treadmills: The healthy danger in your home
It is mid morning in the pediatric ER and I greet a distressed mother carrying a frightened young child with ...
Kids, Sleep and Melatonin
We call our 2-year-old “the sleep bandit.” Every night we get our kids through the bath, in pajamas, and finally ...
The 5 most disgusting things I saw in the ER in 2013
1) Flamin’ Hot Cheeto Poop Looks like bloody poop, doesn’t it? Actually, this is what happens when you eat an ...
Winter’s Most Dreaded: Identify and avoid these six common childhood illnesses
Winter has arrived, and along with it comes cold and flu season. Doctors’ offices, ERs, and hospitals fill up with ...
The Medical Risks and Benefits of Raw Milk
I am a cheese snob—I lavish a rich cheese and a dark red wine at the end of a long ...
A shot for the common good – It’s not just YOUR child’s life that depends on it
Two US Universities are in the middle of meningitis B outbreaks, a rare strain not prevented by the meningitis A ...
Is Your Toy Box safe?
We all want to give our kids fun, cool, trendy toys that will enrich them emotionally and intellectually. That’s in ...
Five tricks to a peaceful home – with kids
It’s hard to say my home is peaceful—we have five kids ages 9, 7, 4, 2, and 2 months. But ...
The teen drug I REALLY hate
A 15-year-old stumbled into my ER at 2 am, barely conscious, supported by his terrified mother. He was out with ...