Health Blogs

A day doesn’t go by that I don’t see a parent grab a pacifier from the floor that had fallen from their child’s mouth, suck on it for a second or two to clean it off, and then plop it right ... Read More »

For most of us, public tragedies—like the recent attacks at the Boston Marathon—bring up feelings of fear and uncertainty: uncertainty about the state of humanity, about life and death, and, if ... Read More »

Anyone with children in middle school or above surely have dealt with head lice in their own household or received that once or twice a year note from the school nurse stating lice “has been found ... Read More »

I am the youngest of 3 children and I have two of my own kids. No study can provide me with better evidence of the powerful influence older siblings have on younger ones than my own life. I ... Read More »

So I’m taking a little break from my usual sharing of research articles or medical guidelines pertaining to our children to really just vent or shall I say, express my sadness in the fact my ... Read More »

I have to be a bit selective when I highlight or bring attention to a special day or week; it seems each and every day of the year is associated with a cause or condition or theme. But there is ... Read More »

What is the Real Message of Sheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In? After reading Cheryl Sandberg’s book, Lean In, which discusses women’s role as both mother and professional, I was ... Read More »

We are a culture obsessed with being the best, which has the connotation of being the smartest. Never mind that the “best” at so many things in this country are often not the “smartness” by ... Read More »

Some you have heard of and some you have not. What scares physicians and parents about the new party drugs is they are hard to spot and hard to treat. Terrifying and longstanding withdrawal syndromes ... Read More »