Tag: health
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September 25, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
These days, I’m doing something in my pediatric practice that I didn’t plan on doing: I’m giving medications to children with attention problems.
When I started working in pediatrics . . .
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August 03, 2007 04:25 PM EDT --
This blog is dedicated to those “Yikes—what is happening to me?!?” symptoms that often occur after the delivery of a baby. My patients have been shocked to find themselves battling . . .
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January 21, 2008 11:39 AM EST --
In my practice, I find parents usually have one of two attitudes toward starting their baby on solid food: Some are eager to start, thinking it might help their baby sleep through the night. Others are . . .
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March 27, 2009 03:34 PM EDT --
This morning the home phone rings, we are still asleep so we don't answer it. I know my OBGYN's office is supposed to call me today regarding the results of my routine blood glucose screen. I . . .
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May 25, 2007 02:53 PM EDT --
The marriage vows most couples pledge during their wedding ceremony have dramatic promises in them: to love your new spouse “in sickness or in health” and “till death do us part”. . . .
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June 21, 2007 06:21 PM EDT --
The biggest myth in the field of infertility is the one that goes: “just relax and you will get pregnant.” That myth is followed closely by: “just adopt and you’ll get pregnant” . . .
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June 03, 2008 12:03 PM EDT --
Global warming is on everyone's mind, as it should be. But even before climate changes kicked in, summers were hot. And whatever the future holds for our environment, summer's heat is as predictable . . .
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July 08, 2008 04:45 PM EDT --
For many people, the words "snack" and "healthy" don't belong in the same sentence. It's so easy to reach for the chips or candy bars that you might not realize that snacking . . .
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December 05, 2007 07:14 PM EST --
I had my first and only sonogram done at twenty-one weeks and everything looked fine. My family has been asking when I will have my next sonogram done, so today I asked my doctor. She said that if . . .
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May 22, 2007 12:42 PM EDT --
As a pediatrician, I am a big fan of breastfeeding. There is overwhelming data to show that not only is it great for the health of babies, it’s great for the health of moms -- and that’s on . . .
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January 04, 2008 04:49 PM EST --
As a pediatrician, many of my days in the office start with a child who has been up all night with ear pain or a baby who has been fussy all night with a temperature. In fact, ear pain is one of the most . . .
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December 10, 2007 05:14 PM EST --
It is that time of year again.
In the midst of the holiday season, advertisements for toys and other gifts are everywhere. In the face of this media blitz, it is not surprising that many kids develop . . .
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July 14, 2008 11:30 AM EDT --
"Do as I say, not as I do!" As much as we all would wish this saying worked with our offspring, the reality is that your actions do determine your children's behavior more than your . . .
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December 01, 2008 01:59 PM EST --
While I am not an etiquette expert, pediatricians do have a unique view of the changing mores and behavior patterns of children. What is striking to me is the number of children who have not been taught . . .
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October 29, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
One of the first questions new parents ask me during the first week or two of baby’s life is “Can we take the baby out?” Often there is a grandparent in the background urging home detention . . .
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June 17, 2008 05:28 PM EDT --
The below table can give you a better understanding of how particular vitamins and minerals work in your body, how much of each nutrient you need every day, and what types of food to eat to ensure that . . .
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April 14, 2008 09:32 AM EDT --
When I see mothers for the first time after they've given birth, most of them are sleep deprived and more than a little overwhelmed. I try to answer their questions and reassure them that the first . . .
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August 07, 2007 11:33 AM EDT --
A strict or authoritarian parenting style is strongly linked to a risk of obesity in young children, according to a study published in a 2006 study in the journal Pediatrics.
Imagine that! It’s . . .
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December 04, 2007 04:24 PM EST --
Durying pregnancy, there is a huge list of do's and don'ts that we all have to keep track of. Sometimes, the information we have can be unclear, misleading or incomplete. We are left . . .
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January 04, 2007 05:54 AM EST --
Perhaps I just have terrible luck or maybe I have just picked the wrong doctors, but I am starting to question whether it is really worth it to even go to the doctor anymore. Since I am pregnant, . . .
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