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- Accidental Substance Ingestion - 11/20/06
- Dinnertime Topic for Discussion: Do You Know What is Actually In those Energy Drinks? -6/9/08
- A Dinnertime Topic for Discussion: Have You Heard of the Choking Game? - 5/19/08
- A Look At Today's Adoptions - 1/30/06
- Alternative Medicine: Herbal Remedies - 11/17/03
- A New Look at Family Stress - 6/4/07
- Another Look at the Slow Learner - 10/4/04
- Are You Really Listening? - 10/1/07
- A Second Look at Choosing Day Care for Infants & Young Children - 8/3/09
- The Art of Apology - 5/5/03
- The Art of Talking with Children - 10/07/02
- A Safe Summer Goodie Bag - 8/13/07
- Ask For What You Want -5/2/05
- Avoid Those Homework Hassles - 10/98
- Banish The Bad Day Blues - 10/2/06
- Being A Father: The Man in the Arena - 11/98
- Being Alert to Child Abuse - 1/15/01
- Busting Pediatric Myths - 5/28/01
- Can Children Really Get Migraines? - 3/24/08
- Celebrating Holidays in Blended Families - 12/7/09
- Changing Schools - 11/3/03
- Childhood Depression - 3/27/00
- Childhood Depression - 12/31/07
- Childhood Obesity - 1/4/99
- Children and Cars: A Deadly Combination - 12/20/04
- Choose Your Attitude - 11/6/06
- Choosing a Pre School
- Choosing Day Care for School-Age Children - 9/3/01
- Choosing Toys for Tots - 6/4/01
- Code of Discipline - 9/16/02
- Code of Discipline...continued - 10/14/02
- Code of Discipline..continued - 12/22/03
- The Cognitive and Emotional Outcome of Adopted Children - 2/27/06
- Concerns for the Out-of-Country Adoptions 2/18/02
- Creating Magic - 12/5/05
- Cyber Bullying - 2/2/09
- Cyber Bullying--Part 2 - 3/2/09
- The Depressed Youth -12/29/03
- The Depressed Youth, Part 2 - 1/26/04
- Discipline; The Right Time, the Right Place - 10/10/05
- Different Areas of Loss Within the Adoption Program - 4/17/06
- Does Technology Affect Attention? - 2/1/10
- Do I Love My Child Enough To Discipline? - 4/27/09
- Drug Use in Students, Part One - 10/25/04
- Drug Use in Students, Part 2 - 11/29/04
- An Earthquake Reminder - 8/4/08
- Effective Communication with Your Teen - 9/98
- Elements of Love - 2/4/08
- Emergency Room 101 - 1/19/04
- Enough Sleep Means Successful Learning - 2/6/06
- Evalute the Whole patient--not just the fever - 1/9/05
- Family Health Document - 9/8/08
- The Family Meeting - 5/3/04
- Fear of the Dark - 7/16/01
- Five Do's that Always (almost) Work - 8/6/07
- Food Label Jumble - 3/10/08
- Free to be Yourself - 6/6/05
- Get Ready--Get set--Go Read - 7/2/07
- Good Deeds and Your Family: Part I - 5/18/09
- Good Deeds and Your Family, Part II - 6/8/09
- Happy Holidays - 12/1/08
- Healthy School Lunches - 4/6/09
- Helicopter Parents -7/3/06
- Helping Kids Get (And Stay) Organized - 9/2/02
- Holiday Precautions - 12/12/05
- Honors To You - 7/8/02
- How Come Reptiles are Smarter than Humans - 12/19/05
- How Good is Fluoride For My Child? - 6/12/06
- How Much Fluoride is Enough? -7/10/06
- How to Choose a Doctor
- How Parental Depression Affects Children - 1/20/03
- Idols With Clay Feet: Who Is Your Hero? - 12/98
- International Adoption - 4/22/02
- It's Report Card Time! - 11/98
- Jump Start Your Child Into the School Year - 9/98
- Keep It Simple - 12/4/00
- Kids and Philosophy - 2/4/02
- Kids and the News - 4/7/03
- Know Your Foods - 1/23/06
- Lawnmower Safety - 7/18/05
- Learning Disability in the Preschool Child - 10/9/00
- Lessons from an Infant and a Puppy - 3/7/05
- Let's Review the Basics - 2/2/04
- Let's Take a Look at Kindergarten Readiness - 8/1/05
- Loss of a Loved One - 12/15/08
- Making Family Resolutions - 1/5/04
- Maternal Depression - 1/21/02
- Metabolic Syndrome: A Child's Slip into Adult Medical Issues - 11/21/05
- Monkey: Parents Say The Darndest Things - 5/97
- My Space - 5/29/06
- My Space--Part II - 6/19/06
- New AAP Recommendations for Vitamin D - 12/22/08
- No Opinion Requested; None Given - 2/98
- No-Lose Strategies for Success, Part 1 - 11/15/00
- No-Lose Strategies for Success, Part 2 - 12/13/00
- Nurturing Self-Esteem - 1/2/06
- Once Again, Time is of the Essence - 5/13/02
- Outcomes from Nontraditional Adoptive Placements - 3/27/06
- Over-the-Counter Medications: A Review for Parents - 3/98
- Parents and Kids Are Not Always Friends - 4/24/06
- Parent Fan Rage - 9/10/01
- Parenting Another Man's Kids - 3/1/04
- Parenting Influences on Childhood Obesity - 10/9/06
- Parenting Our Children: What They Really Need - 12/97
- Parenting the Child with ADHD - 7/5/04
- Pet Ownership: Making an Informed Decision - 2/23/04
- Powerful Parenting - 8/4/03
- Preparing for Parent Conferences - 10/6/08
- Preparing for Summer Fun - 6/7/04
- Prepare For Your Trip With Ease - 9/12/05
- Preparing the Underachieving Child for School - 9/6/04
- Preventing Tobacco, Alcohol & Drug Use - 3/31/08
- Protecting Your Children and Megan's Law - 4/18/05
- Questioning Children - 5/98
- Quick Tips For Driving Trips - 7/17/00
- Raising Successful and Happy Children - 2/7/05
- Read Aloud to your Baby and Young Child - 2/22/10
- Reading with Children - 7/4/05
- Reviewing the Principles - 8/14/00
- Santa, I want a Pet - 12/4/06
- Say What You Mean: How to Communicate With Your Child - 6/98
- School Is Harder--Really! - 11/7/05
- Screen Time - 2/16/04
- Selecting the Right School - 5/1/06
- Self-Esteem or Narcissism - 5/7/07
- Self-Care For the Informed Parent - 3/15/99
- Sending Children to Preschool - 1/8/07
- Sending "I-messages - 12/3/07
- Setting Limits With Your Teen - 11/98
- A Simple Medical Travel Bag - 10/16/06
- Slowing Down in a Fast-Paced Culture - 4/4/05
- Speech Development - 1/25/99
- Stimulants and Growth — 11/3/08
- Stimulants & Growth, Part 2 - 12/8/08
- Stuttering
- Successful Home-to-School Communication - 12/98
- Summer Camp Fun - 8/2/04
- Summer Learning - 6/3/02
- Summer Movies and Kids - 7/27/09
- Swine Flu Scare - 6/22/09
- Taking Control of Your Life - 12/3/01
- Taking Stock: the Mid-Year Check - 1/10/00
- Talking In Their Sleep - 8/28/00
- Talking with Kids about Money - 6/2/08
- Teaching Children About Money - 10/11/00
- Teaching Family Values - 4/2/01
- Texting and Internet Instant Messaging - 11/12/07
- The Art of Redirection - 10/5/09
- The Teenage Physical and Confidentiality - 10/8/07
- Ten Tips For Reading Success - 11/5/01
- Ten Tips That Promote Healthy Brain Development In Children - 5/6/02
- The Time of Your Life - 2/3/03
- The Aquarium - 2/98
- The Good Enough Parent - 6/12/00
- The Making of a Pediatrician, Part 1 - 4/3/99
- The Making of a Pediatrician, Part 2 - 4/10/99
- The Pregnancy Consult - 5/24/99
- The Special Needs of the Gifted Child—Part I - 10/12/09
- Special Needs of Gifted Child--Part 2 - 11/16/09
- Special Needs of Gifted Child, Part 3 - 12/21/09
- The Twelve Gifts of Self -12/8/03
- The Videogame Dilemma - 7/98
- Time Is of the Essence - 10/97
- To Do or Not To Do — The Question of Tutoring - 7/12/99
- Training for Parenthood - 9/10/07
- Type II Diabetes - 7/22/02
- Understanding Your Teen--What Is Normal? - 3/16/09
- Updated Car-Seat Guidelines - 8/18/08
- Using Money Creatively - 8/11/08
- Vegetarianism - 2/21/05
- Violence and the Paranoid Child - 7/97
- Using the Newspaper for Learning and Fun - 2/5/07
- Warning Signs of Violence - 8/2/99
- What About Summer School? - 5/7/00
- What Do Our Readers Say? - 3/12/00
- What's Up - 11/2/09
- What's Up Doc - 12/28/09
- When Adult Children Move Home - 3/5/07
- When Grandparents Raise the Kids - 4/1/02
- When Loved Ones Die - 6/5/06
- When You Receive Bad News -4/3/06
- When She Parents His Kids - 4/5/04
- When To Bring Your Child To the Doctor - 12/97
- Who Do I Live With After the Divorce? - 7/3/00
- Who's In Charge Here? - 6/97
- Who Makes Medical Decisions After the Divorce? - 6/9/03
- Writing Right - 3/13/00
- Your Basic Fluid Needs - 5/12/08
- Your Child Is Sick--So Can He Go To School? - 3/30/09
Skin
Sports
Infant
- A Refresher on Jaundice - 6/11/07
- A Second Chickenpox Vaccine - 9/24/07
- Accidental Bed Related Increase in Infants - 3/23/09
- Are Pacifiers Finally Vindicated? - 6/26/06
- Autism & MMR Vaccine
- Babies and Honey
- Baby Bottle Decay - 7/25/05
- Baby's New Shoes - 4/19/04
- Before Immunization
- Behavioral Problems with Preterm Infants - 12/11/06
- Biotinidose Deficiency & Cystic Fibrosis To Be Added to California's Newborn Screening Program - 8/27/07
- Bonding and Attachment in Infancy and Early Childhood - 7/7/03
- Bothersome Big Breasts - 6/28/04
- Breastfeeding and Sleep..or Lack Thereof
- Carotenemia
- Car Seats--Essential Information, Part I - 5/17/04
- Car Seats: Essential Information, Part 2 - 6/21/04
- Chicken Pox Vaccine
- Chicken Pox Vaccine--Give It, or not? - 4/12/04
- Circumcision: New Pediatric Policy Statement - 3/29/04
- Cold Season for Infants and Toddlers - 11/17/08
- Coming Home with the New Baby - 7/14/08
- Croup — A Parent's Nightmare
- Dangers of Sun Exposure
- Diaper Rash
- Early Childhood Caries - 9/26/05
- Eczema; The Itch That Rashes - 4/28/03
- Febrile Seizures, Convulsions
- Fever In Newborns
- Food Allergies
- Flatfoot in Children: Is It A Problem?
- Gastro-esophageal Reflux
- Got Milk? - 10/22/07
- Green Bowel Movements - 8/9/04
- Hand Foot And Mouth...
- Hemangioma, Blood Vessel Tissue
- Henoch-Schonlein Purpura - 10/11/04
- The Holidays and Active Infants - 12/14/09
- I had the flu, I think
- It Isn't Measles - 9/1/08
- Hair Loss That's Not a Problem: Telogen Effluvium - 9/13/04
- The Importance of Downtime for Babies - 4/7/08
- Innocent Heart Murmurs
- Into the Mouths of Babies: A History of Infant Feeding - 3/15/04
- Is Mercury a Concern in Vaccines? - 2/17/03
- It's Time to Wake up. Do Not Pass Up Immunizations.
- Jaundice/Night Terrors
- Jaundice--What's That? - 1/5/09
- Labial Adhesions a.k.a., Vaginal Webs - 7/21/03
- Lactose Intolerance & Milk Allergy - 5/15/06
- Lessons from an Infant and a Puppy - 3/7/05
- Low Humidity, Respiratory Problems
- My Baby Has a Flat Head - 2/9/04
- My Baby Needs That Sleep Time Bottle - 8/14/06
- Newborn Hearing
- The Newborn Physical Exam - 1/27/03
- The Newborn Visit
- New Parents--Old Myths The Saga of Fever - 8/8/05
- New Parents--Old myths The Saga of Fever Part 2 - 8/15/05
- A New Vaccine for Children
- Nitrates and Baby Food - 2/11/08
- Normal for Newborns - 1/12/04
- Pedialyte
- Pediatric Dental Care: A Healthy SMile Starts Before The First Tooth - 9/15/08
- Polydactyly - 2/9/09
- Potty Training: When to Start?
- Premature Breast Development in Infants and Toddlers - 10/24/05
- Quick Reminders on the Importance of Immunization - 1/17/05
- Rashes and Parenting
- Reflux and Hernias - 8/11/03
- Rotavirus: An Oral Vaccine for Infants - 12/10/07
- Seeing
- Sleep, Glorious Sleep - 12/17/07
- Sleeping With Mom and Dad
- Sleep Patterns for Your Kids
- Smallpox — 2002
- Snoring in a Two-Year-Old--A Problem, or Not - 7/9/07
- Solar Protection for Young Eyes
- Stimulate Your Infant Auditorily - 1/3/05
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - 8/20/07
- Teething
- The Hepatitis B Vaccine and Multiple Sclerosis: Fact or Fiction?
- The 5 D's of Discipline: Teaching the Concept of "No" - 10/27/08
- Toddlers and Bowlegs: What's Normal? - 6/23/03
- Toeing-in In Children
- The Transitional Object - 4/26/04
- Tips for Breast-feeding Moms: How to Increase Milk Supply and Medication Advice While Nursing - 8/10/09
- Typical Newborn Questions - 10/17/05
- Umbilical Cord Blood Banking - 1/7/08
- Umbilical cord Blood Banking..a Good Idea or Not? - 2/25/08
- Umbilical Granuloma - 11/23/09
- Umbilical Hernia
- Universal Newborn Hearing Screening - 5/9/05
- Urinary Tract Infections in Infants
- Use of the Pacifier - 8/29/05
- The Vaccine Schedule: Why So Many Vaccines and Why So Early? - 2/16/09
- When Can I Start Solids For My Baby?
- When the New Baby Comes Home - 11/10/08
- When Your Infant Won't Sleep; part 1
- When Your Infant Won't Sleep; part 2
- Why 100.4 Degrees? - 5/31/04
Preschool
- Allergies
- Antibiotics
- Antibiotics, or not
- The Aquarium
- Are Ear Infections Contagious?
- Asthma
- Autism: Basic Facts For Informed Parents
- Autism & MMR Vaccine
- Breath-Holding Spells
- Buckle Up For Safety
- Cat Scratch Disease
- Chicken Pox Vaccine
- Choosing a Pre School
- Chronic Ear Problems
- Choosing Toys for Tots
- Coins Belong in the Piggy Bank - 1/10/05
- Croup — A Parent's Nightmare
- Dangers of Sun Exposure
- Disappearing Car Keys
- Ear Exam
- Enuresis, Bed Wetting
- Expanding Children's Development Through Nature
- Fear of the Dark
- Febrile Seizures, Convulsions
- Fever Is Our Friend
- Fifth Disease — Slapped Face Disease
- Foreign Body In Nose
- Food Allergies
- Girl In Church
- Giving Toddlers Choice - 6/1/09
- Green Discharge and Antibiotics
- Halitosis
- Head Lice
- Help! My Kid Won't Eat
- Help Your Child become a Good Eater- 8/31/09
- Hepatitis, Inflammation of the Liver
- How To get the Drops In the Eye - 4/10/06
- I had the flu, I think
- Influenza
- Is My Child "Kindergarten Ready"?
- Jaundice/Night Terrors
- Kawasaki Syndrome - 3/9/09
- Learning Disability in the Preschool Child
- Lier Lier, Pants On Fire
- Low Humidity, Respiratory Problems
- Nursemaid Elbow
- Nursemaid Elbow—Dislocation
- Nurturing Imagination, Part 1
- Nurturing Imagination, Part 2
- Painful Bowel Movements
- Pink Eye
- Pinworms
- Pinworms(2)
- The Many Faces of Pinworm - 6/30/03
- Potty Training: When to Start?
- Preschool Pros and Cons
- Pros and Cons of Preschool, Part 2
- Quarters and Nickels
- The Red Eye: Is It Pink Eye? - 7/28/03
- Round Table Discussion on Why Children Get Ear Infections
- Shingles
- Shingles, Reactivation of Chicken Pox
- Skin Rash, Impetigo
- Sleeping With Mom and Dad
- Sleep Patterns for Your Kids
- Solar Protection for Young Eyes
- Sore Throat in Children
- c Development
- Spider Bites
- Sports Team Readiness
- Stool Toileting Refusal - 10/31/05
- Stuttering
- Sunscreen
- Swimmer's Ear
- Tantrums and Time Out: Discipline for the Terrible Two's - 1/19/09
- Terrible Twos
- Testicles
- The Persistent Runny Nose
- Thumb Sucking
- The Toddler Who Bites
- Toeing-in In Children
- Tonsillectomy
- Tonsils and Adenoids
- Too much TV Watching? - 11/5/07
- Tourettes, Tics
- TympanostomyTubes: The Five W's - 2/24/03
- Vaginitis in Toddlers...Not All the Burns is a Urinary Tract Infection - 6/13/05
- When Children Tantrum, Part 1
- When To bring Your Child to the Doctor
- When Your Child Is Afraid to Leave You
- Who's In Charge Here?
- Wild Imagination - 2/10/03
- The Worms Work the Graveyard Shift - 5/8/06
- You Are What You Eat
Elementary
- The Art of Apology - 5/5/03
- Asperger's Disorder
- A Teacher's Toil With ADHD
- ADD? But She gets Mostly A's - 7/31/06
- A.D.D.; Fact or Fiction?
- Allergies
- Antibiotics, or not
- Appendicitis
- Asthma
- Avoiding Bedtime Battles
- Avoid Those Homework Hassles
- Ballet Injuries
- Bicycle Helmets
- Billy's Story
- Bipolar Disorder--Does It Happen to Children?
- Bullying: What Should A Parent Do? - 6/29/09
- Can Children Really Get Migraines? - 3/24/08
- Can Overtraining Affect Her Growth? - 5/30/05
- Change
- Chest Pains
- The Child with Enuresis - 1/24/05
- Childhood Athletics Can be Positive Experience
- Childhood Obesity
- Childhood Obesity Trends - 11/9/09
- Colds and Antibiotics
- Dangers of Sun Exposer
- Dangerous Weight Loss
- Dealing With Bullies - 3/3/03
- Discipline: Divide and Conquer
- Discipline: Part 2
- Dislocated Hip
- Does Television Exposure Provoke ADHD Behaviors? - 10/23/06
- The Effect of Beliefs on Achievement
- Enuresis, Bed Wetting
- Exercise Induced Asthma
- Facts About Melatonin As a Sleep Aid - 1/18/10
- Facts About Melatonin As a Sleep Aid Part 2 - 1/25/10
- Fifth Disease — Slapped Face Disease
- Food Allergies
- Fractures
- The Good Enough Parent
- Good Reading Habits
- Growing Pains
- Growing Pains in Children
- Gum-Chewing Athletes
- Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease
- Head Lice
- Head Lice and Nits
- Head Trauma
- Healthy School Lunches - 4/6/09
- Here Comes Stinky - 5/10/04
- Heel Pain
- Helping Kids Get (And Stay) Organized
- Help! My Kid Won't Eat
- Hepatitis A vaccine
- How Can I Gain Control of My Child's Eating Habits? - 8/18/03
- How Can I Gain Control of My Child's Eating Habits--Part II- 9/15/03
- How Do Diseases Get Their Names? - 1/29/07
- How Good is Fluoride For My Child? - 6/12/06
- How Much Fluoride is Enough? -7/10/06
- I had the flu, I think
- I'm Bored
- Increase Your Helmet IQ - 9/18/06
- Influenza
- Inhaled Steroids and Slow Growth
- Is My Child "Kindergarten Ready"?
- Is Your Child a Fire Bug? - 2/12/07
- It Ain't Ringworm
- It's Report Card Time!
- Jump Start Your Child Into the School Year
- Lactose Intolerance vs Milk Allergy
- Let's Take a Look at Kindergarten Readiness - 8/1/05
- Lier Lier, Pants On Fire
- Low Humidity, Respiratory Problems
- Measles
- Measles...In the Year 2002?
- Meningococcal Disease, Part 1
- Meningococcal Disease, Part 2
- Migraines In Chidren
- Molluscum, Skin Disease
- No-Lose Strategies for Success, Part 1
- No-Lose Strategies for Success, Part 2
- Not All right Sided Pain is Appendicitis - 5/4/09
- Nurturing Imagination, Part 1
- Nurturing Imagination, Part 2
- Once the Game Begins You Can't Change the Rules
- Orthopedic Problems for the Overweight Child - 11/13/06
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease; Knee Pain
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Parenting Our Children: What They Really Need
- Pink Eye
- Play in Psychotherapy - 5/24/04
- Pulling Out One's Hair
- Quick Tips For Driving Trips
- Recurring Abdominal Pain
- Removing His Tonsils Altered His Personality - 1/15/07
- Resistant Headlice
- Revealing the Choking Game - 12/18/06
- Reviewing the Principles
- Schoolage Children & Learning Disability
- Scoliosis, Curvature of the Spine
- Selective Mutism - 4/13/09
- Selective Mutism, Part II - 6/15/09
- Separation Anxiety Disorder - 10/15/07
- Sever's Disease
- Shingles
- Shingles?..How Can That Be? -9/25/06
- Shyness and Self-Esteem
- Skateboard and Scooter Injuries
- Skin Rash, Impetigo
- Sleep Problems and ADD
- The Slow Learner
- Solar Protection for Young Eyes
- Sore Throat in Children
- Spider Bites
- Spring is Here...and So Is Fifth Disease - 4/14/03
- Stop the Squabbling
- Stopping Nosebleeds
- Strange Malady Called Learning Disability
- Stuttering
- Sugar Gets A Bum Wrap
- Summer Camp Fun - 8/2/04
- Summertime Woes
- Sun Screen
- Swimmer's Ear
- Taking Stock: the Mid-Year Check
- Talking In Their Sleep
- Teaching Children About Money
- Teaching Family Values
- Temporary Henna Tattoos - 1/11/10
- The Flu Bug Strikes Again
- The Hairy Truth About Tarantulas - 4/11/05
- The Peanut Butter Kid - 1/31/05
- The Persistent Runny Nose
- The Vaccine
- The Videogame Dilemma
- Tired All the Time
- TMJ Disorder
- To Do or Not To Do — The Question of Tutoring
- Tonsils and Adenoids
- Tourettes, Tics
- Tracking Behavioral Traits -11/11/02
- TV Test
- Type II Diabetes
- Uncontrolled Hand Shaking
- Underachievement
- Use of Water During Sports
- Using the Newspaper for Learning and Fun - 2/5/07
- Violence and the Paranoid Child
- Violence Begets Violence?
- Warts, Frogs and Cats
- What About Summer School?
- What is T.B.? Tuberculosis
- When Children Steal: Part 1.
- When Children Steal: Part 2.
- When Children Tantrum--Part II
- When Man's Best Friend Bites - 5/19/03
- When My Child Steals
- When To Bring Your Child to the Doctor
- When Your Child is Afraid to Leave You
- Where's the Worm in Ringworm? - 9/29/03
- White Spots and Splotches..What Could It Mean? - 9/19/05
- Why Am I Blinking?
- Who's In Charge Here?
- Worry Wart
- Writing Right
Adolescents
- Acne
- Allergies
- All of a Sudden the ADD Medicine Stopped Working
- Amenorrhea
- Antibiotics, or not
- Appendicitis
- Athlete's Foot
- Athlete's Vomiting - 6/27/05
- Avoid Those Homework Hassles
- The Basics On Acne- 4/20/09
- Beating the Heat - 4/30/07
- Bicycle Helmets
- Bipolar Disorder
- The Body Beautiful - 6/2/03
- Body Piercings - 4/21/03
- Breast Tissue in the Adolescent Male
- A Cheap and Effective Treatment for Warts - 12/15/03
- Chest Pains
- Chest Pains
- Childhood Depression
- College Students & A.D.D.
- Contraindications To Playing Contact Sports
- Costochronditis in a Cheerleader - 11/10/03
- Do I love enough to discipline
- Creatine Use In Teenagers, A Good or Bad Idea? Part 1
- Creatine Use In Teenagers, A Good or Bad idea? Part 2
- Crohn's Disease
- Depression
- The Depressed Youth -12/29/03
- The Depressed Youth, Part 2 - 1/26/04
- Developing an Attitude of Gratitude - 11/1/04
- Disordered Eating Habits
- The Dreaded "Stitch"
- Drug Use in Students, Part One - 10/25/04
- Drug Use in Students, Part 2 - 11/29/04
- Eating Disorders
- Eating Disorders - 4/14/08
- Effective Communication with Your Teen
- Exercise Induced Asthma
- The First OBGYN Visit - 10/18/04
- Food Allergies
- Gambling and Your Child - 3/21/05
- GHB Overdose
- Graduated Driver's License Law - 3/20/06
- Heat and Summer Sports - 9/3/07
- Heat-Related Sports Illnesses
- Heel Pain
- How Necessary Are the Yearly Teenage Physicals?
- Hyperventilation Syndrome
- Hyperventilation Syndrome, Anxiety Attack
- Is Constant Skin-Picking a Problem? - 8/25/08
- It' Ain't Ringworm
- It's Red, It Itches & I Don't Want It
- Lactose Intolerance vs Milk Allergy
- Lawnmower Safety - 7/18/05
- Male Puberty Development
- Meningococcal Disease, Part 1
- Meningococcal Disease, Part 2
- Migraines In Children
- Molluscum, Skin Disease
- Moody
- More Than Development: Anabolic Steroid Abuse - 7/19/04
- Normal Breast Development in an Adolescent Male
- Once the Game Begins You Can't Change the Rules
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Knee Pain
- Pap Smears
- Pediatric Suicide: A Problem We Hope We Never See - 2/15/10
- Personal Televisions and Teens - 10/20/08
- Pulling Out One's Hair
- Right-sided Pain Is Not Always the Appendix - 2/14/05
- Risk of Antidepressants - 2/28/05
- Screen Time - 2/16/04
- Self-Cutting - 5/23/05
- Self-Cutting--Part II - 6/20/05
- Self-Inflicted Injury - 9/22/03
- Setting Limits With Your Teen
- Sever's Disease
- Shingles
- Shyness and Self-Esteem
- Spondylolysis, Low Back Pain
- Symptoms of Mood Disorder
- Teenage Drivers - 2/20/06
- Teenage Sexuality & Contraception - 2/18/08
- Teens and Eating Disorders
- Teen Smokers - 11/28/05
- The Great Pretender, Am I Stupid?
- The Making of a Pediatrician, Part 1
- The Making of a Pediatrician, Part 2
- The Over-trained Athlete - 4/25/05
- Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
- She Wants Her Ears Pierced
- St. John's Wort and Other Herbal Medicines
- Stretching Pays Off - 1/6/03
- Talking In Their Sleep
- Teen Breast Lump - 3/10/03
- Tired All the Time
- TMJ Disorder
- The Treatment of ADD--Every Case is Different - 12/26/05
- Treatment of ADD-Every Case is different, Part 2 - 1/16/05
- Trichotillomania, Compulsive Hair Pulling
- Uncontrolled Hand Shaking
- Understanding Your Teen--What Is Normal? - 3/16/09
- Urine Test
- Use of Water During Sports
- Warning Signs of Violence
- Warts, Frogs and Cats
- Weightlifting for Pre-Teens? - 1/13/03
- What, Another Shot? Yes, There Is a new Vaccine - 2/13/06
- What Happened to My Sweet Child? -- 8/7/06
- What is the Future for Your Hyperactive Child? - 5/22/06
- When to Seek Mental Health Service - 7/12/04
- When Your Teenager is Overweight - 3/3/08
- Will my Kid Develop an Eating Disorder? - 9/14/09
- Your Teen Decides to Quit Smoking. What Can a Parent Do To Help? - 10/13/08
Parents
- A New Drug for ADHD? - 2/8/10
- Accidental Substance Ingestion - 11/20/06
- Acute Gastroenteritis - 1/12/09
- Dinnertime Topic for Discussion: Do You Know What is Actually In those Energy Drinks? -6/9/08
- A Dinnertime Topic for Discussion: Have You Heard of the Choking Game? - 5/19/08
- Allergic Conjunctivitis - 7/28/08
- A Look At Today's Adoptions - 1/30/06
- A Second Look at Choosing Day Care for Infants & Young Children - 8/3/09
- ADHD and Gifted Children - 3/8/04
- All of a Sudden the ADD Medicine Stopped Working
- All Persistent Runny Noses and Coughs Are Not Allergy - 7/23/07
- All Terrain Vehicle - 5/14/07
- Alternative Medicine: Herbal Remedies - 11/17/03
- Amenorrhea
- And Yet Another New Vaccine - 10/30/06
- A New Look at Family Stress - 6/4/07
- Another Look at the Slow Learner - 10/4/04
- Are You Really Listening? - 10/1/07
- The Art of Talking with Children
- A Safe Summer Goodie Bag - 8/13/07
- Ask For What You Want -5/2/05
- Asperger's Disorder
- A Teacher's Toil With ADHD
- A.D.D.
- Autism: Basic Facts for Informed Parents... continued
- Autism & MMR Vaccine
- Autism Part II - 6/16/03
- Avoiding Bedtime Battles
- Avoid Those Homework Hassles
- Ballet Injuries
- Banish The Bad Day Blues - 10/2/06
- The Basis of Sleep Problems
- Before Immunization
- Being A Father: The Man in the Arena
- Being Alert to Child Abuse
- Bell's Palsy - 7/14/03
- Beware of False Hope - 3/13/06
- Bicycle Safety for All Ages: Infants, Children & Adolescents - 4/21/08
- Billy's Story
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder--Does It Happen to Children?
- Bite of the Stingray
- Bite of the Stingray - 5/26/08
- The Bottom Line on Mercury - 2/26/07
- Breakfast: The Meal of Champions - 3/6/06
- Breath-Holding Spells
- Busting Pediatric Myths
- Calcium Requirements in Children - 3/31/03
- Canada Halts Adderall Sales - 3/14/05
- Can My Son Be Allergic to Air Conditioning? - 5/12/03
- Carotenemia
- Celebrating Holidays in Blended Families - 12/7/09
- Changing Schools - 11/3/03
- Childhood Depression
- Childhood Depression - 12/31/07
- Children and Cars: A Deadly Combination - 12/20/04
- Children with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - 8/25/03
- Choose Your Attitude - 11/6/06
- Choosing Toys for Tots
- Clear the Fog on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder 7/7/08
- Code of Discipline
- Code of Discipline...continued
- Code of Discipline..continued - 12/22/03
- The Cognitive and Emotional Outcome of Adopted Children - 2/27/06
- College Students & A.D.D.
- Cough Syrup Abuse - 8/30/04
- Creating Magic - 12/5/05
- Crohn's Disease
- CT Scan Versus MRI - 5/26/03
- Current Research on the Treatment of ADHD - 8/23/04
- Current Research on ADHD - 5/28/07
- Cyber Bullying - 2/2/09
- Cyber Bullying--Part 2 - 3/2/09
- Dangerous Weight Loss
- Daytrana--the New Patch for ADHD - 7/21/08
- Different Areas of Loss Within the Adoption Program - 4/17/06
- Different Presentations of Infectious Mononucleosis - 7/6/09
- Differentiating Over-The-Counter Cold Remedies - 11/15/04
- Discipline; The Right Time, the Right Place - 10/10/05
- Does Technology Affect Attention? - 2/1/10
- Do I Love My Child Enough To Discipline?
- Don't Push the Panic Button - 3/17/08
- Early History of ADHD-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - 3/26/07
- Early Medication Treatment for ADHD - 4/16/07
- An Earthquake Reminder - 8/4/08
- Eating Problems in Young Children -8/16/04
- Ecstasy: Recreational Use and Its Consequences - 9/20/04
- Effective Communication With Your Teen
- The Effect of Beliefs on Achievement
- The Effects of a Child's Brain Injury - 10/27/03
- Elements of Love - 2/4/08
- Emergency Room 101 - 1/19/04
- Enough Sleep Means Successful Learning - 2/6/06
- Evalute the Whole patient--not just the fever - 1/9/05
- Family Health Document - 9/8/08
- The Family Meeting - 5/3/04
- Fear of the Dark
- Five Do's that Always (almost) Work - 8/6/07
- The Flu...Or Not the Flu - 11/14/05
- Flu 101: Important Questions & Answers - 11/25/02
- Flu Season Is Coming! Prevention and Treatment for Your Family - 12/29/08
- Food Label Jumble - 3/10/08
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Free to be Yourself - 6/6/05
- Get Ready--Get set--Go Read - 7/2/07
- Giardia..Watch What You Drink - 3/22/04
- The Good Enough Parent
- Good Deeds and Your Family: Part I - 5/18/09
- Good Deeds and Your Family, Part II - 6/8/09
- Gum-Chewing Athletes
- Hand Foot And Mouth...
- Happy Holidays - 12/1/08
- Healthy Weight and Beverage Choices in Children - 8/21/06
- Helicopter Parents -7/3/06
- Help! My Kid Won't Eat
- Hepatitis A vaccine
- Herpetic Whitlow - 12/13/04
- Holiday Precautions - 12/12/05
- Hot Tub Folliculitis Strikes Again 9/8/03
- How Come Reptiles are Smarter than Humans - 12/19/05
- How Important Are Sports for Your Child?
- How Parental Depression Affects Children - 1/20/03
- How to Choose a Doctor
- Idols With Clay feet: Who Is Your Hero?
- I Had the Flu Yesterday...NOT - 3/19/07
- Infectious Diarrhea
- International Adoption
- Is Asthma Related to Depression? - 9/11/06
- It's Not Easy Being Green - 11/4/02
- It's Red, It Itches & I Don't Want It
- Keep It Simple
- Kids and the News - 4/7/03
- Know Your Foods - 1/23/06
- Late For Work
- Lactose Intolerance vs Milk Allergy
- Learning Disability in the Preschool Child
- Let's Review the Basics - 2/2/04
- Loss of a Loved One - 12/15/08
- Loving the Skin You're In: Basic Skin Care - 11/26/07
- Making Family Resolutions - 1/5/04
- Mental Health Treatment - 1/21/08
- Metabolic Syndrome: A Child's Slip into Adult Medical Issues - 11/21/05
- Monkey: Parents Say The Darndest Things
- More Information in Pediatric Medical Literaure - 8/28/06
- More Than We Bargained For - 9/27/04
- MRSA: Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus - 6/25/07
- MRSA: Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus Part II - 7/16/07
- My Kids Are Playing Doctor!! Help - 12/24/07
- My Space - 5/29/06
- My Space--Part II - 6/19/06
- New AAP Recommendations for Vitamin D - 12/22/08
- Newborn Hearing
- New Medication for ADHD Disorder - 3/24/03
- New Treatment for ADD? - 1/14/08
- A New Vaccine for Children
- No Opinion Requested; None Given
- No-Lose Strategies for Success, Part 1
- No-Lose Strategies for Success, Part 2
- Normal Breast Development in an Adolescent Male
- Nursemaid Elbow
- Nurturing Self-Esteem - 1/2/06
- Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
- Ocean Water & Your Health -7/17/06
- Once Again, To Vaccinate or Not
- On Raising Boys - 12/6/04
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- Outcomes from Nontraditional Adoptive Placements - 3/27/06
- Over-the-Counter Medications: A Review for Parents
- Parents and Kids Are Not Always Friends - 4/24/06
- Parenting Another Man's Kids - 3/1/04
- Parenting Influences on Childhood Obesity - 10/9/06
- Parenting Our Children: What They Really Need
- Parenting the Child with ADHD - 7/5/04
- Patching Up ADD - 5/5/08
- Pedialyte
- Peri-Anal Strep...What a Strange Place for Strep - 9/21/09
- Pet Ownership: Making an Informed Decision - 2/23/04
- Pinworms
- The Power of Saying 'Yes' - 10/6/03
- Powerful Parenting - 8/4/03
- Preparing for Parent Conferences - 10/6/08
- Preparing for Summer Fun - 6/7/04
- Prepare For Your Trip With Ease - 9/12/05
- Preparing the Underachieving Child for School - 9/6/04
- Preschool Pros and Cons
- Preventing Tobacco, Alcohol & Drug Use - 3/31/08
- Probiotics - 5/21/07
- Pros and Cons of Preschool, Part 2
- Protecting Your Children and Megan's Law - 4/18/05
- Questioning Children
- Raising Financially Responsible Children -9/4/06
- Raising Successful and Happy Children - 2/7/05
- Read Aloud to your Baby and Young Child - 2/22/10
- Reading with Children - 7/4/05
- The Red Eye - 7/11/05
- Resistant Staph...a New Plague? - 3/17/03
- R-E-S-P-E-C-T - 12/23/02
- Reviewing the Principles
- Risperdal and Autism - 6/18/07
- Running Injuries: What Parents Need to Know - 11/24/08
- Santa, I want a Pet - 12/4/06
- Say What You Mean: How to Communicate With Your Child
- School Is Harder--Really! - 11/7/05
- Seasonal Affective Disorder - 3/28/05
- Selecting the Right School - 5/1/06
- Self-Esteem or Narcissism - 5/7/07
- Self-Care For the Informed Parent
- Sending Children to Preschool - 1/8/07
- Sending "I-messages - 12/3/07
- Setting Limits With Your Teen
- She Wants Her Ears Pierced
- Shouldn't There be a Blood Test for ADHD? - 7/30/07
- A Simple Medical Travel Bag - 10/16/06
- Sinusitis in Children--Often Times Things Aren't Always as they Appear - 4/23/07
- Sleeping With Mom and Dad
- Slowing Down in a Fast-Paced Culture - 4/4/05
- The Slow Learner
- Smoke and Flames Across the Ridge - 11/19/07
- Smoke Free Cars with Minors Law - 4/28/08
- So...What Do You Think About the Swine Flu? - 10/19/09"
- Sports Team Readiness
- Stattera and the ADD Patient - 11/8/04
- Stimulants and Growth — 11/3/08
- Stimulants & Growth, Part 2 - 12/8/08
- St. John's Wort and Other Herbal Medicines
- Stop the Squabbling
- Stopping Nosebleeds
- Successful Home-to-School Communication
- Sugar Gets a Bum Wrap
- Summer Learning
- Summertime Woes
- Sun Safety - 8/22/05
- Symptoms of Mood Disorder
- Taking Stock: the Mid-Year Check
- Talking with Kids about Money - 6/2/08
- Teaching Children About Money
- The Teenage Physical and Confidentiality - 10/8/07
- Terrible Twos
- Tetanus Shots — Not Just For Kids
- The Art of Redirection - 10/5/09
- The Basis of Sleep Problems - 9/17/07
- The Great Pretender; Am I Stupid?
- The Time of Your Life - 2/3/03
- The Twelve Gifts of Self -12/8/03
- The Making of a Pediatrician, Part 1
- The Making of a Pediatrician, Part 2
- The Special Needs of the Gifted Child—Part I - 10/12/09
- Special Needs of Gifted Child--Part 2 - 11/16/09
- Special Needs of Gifted Child, Part 3 - 12/21/09
- Toddler at Play - 4/2/07
- Training for Parenthood - 9/10/07
- Trans Fat - 1/22/07
- Trans Fat Part 2 - 2/19/07
- Trans Fat III - 3/12/07
- Once Again, Time Is Of The Essence
- Quick Tips For Driving Trips
- The Pregnancy Consult
- Schoolage Children & Learning Disability
- Strange Malady Called Learning Disability
- Summer Movies and Kids - 7/27/09
- Swine Flu Scare - 6/22/09
- Teaching Family Values
- Ten Tips That Promote Healthy Brain Development in Children
- Texting and Internet Instant Messaging - 11/12/07
- Time Is of the Essence
- To Vaccinate or Not
- Trichotillomania, Compulsive Hair Pulling
- Underachievement
- An Underachieving Sixth-Grader...More Than Attention Deficit Disorder - 10/13/03
- Understanding Your Teen--What Is Normal? - 3/16/09
- Updated Car-Seat Guidelines - 8/18/08
- Urinary Tract Infections in Infants
- Using Money Creatively - 8/11/08
- The Use of Zinc in Children and Adolescents - 12/27/04
- Vegetarianism - 2/21/05
- Vesicoureteral Reflux - 11/27/06
- Vesicoureteral Reflux Part II - 12/25/06
- Violence and the Paranoid Child
- Violence Begets Violence?
- Warning Signs of Violence
- Water Parasite
- West Nile Virus 2002 - 11/18/02
- West Nile Virus Re-visited - 7/26/04
- What About Summer School?
- What Does the Pediatric Medical Literature Tell Us? - 7/24/06
- What Do Our Readers Say?
- What Is Giardia? Infection Caused by Parasites
- What's Up - 11/2/09
- What's Up Doc - 12/28/09
- When Adult Children Move Home - 3/5/07
- When An Abnormal Lab Test In Not Really Abnormal - 11/22/04
- When Children Tantrum, Part 1
- When Children Tantrum, Part II
- When Grandparents Raise the Kids
- When Loved Ones Die - 6/5/06
- When Saying "No" Doesn't Work - 9/1/03
- When She Parents His Kids - 4/5/04
- When You Are Given Lemons, Make Lemonade...But You Can't Forget the Lemons! Phytophotodermatitis - 5/16/05
- When You Receive Bad News -4/3/06
- Who Do I Live With After the Divorce?
- Who Makes Medical Decisions After the Divorce? - 6/9/03
- Who's in Charge Here?
- Why Am I Blinking?
- Winter Wonders: Indications for a New Vaccine - 10/20/03
- Worry Wart
- Writing Right
- You Are What You Eat
- Your Basic Fluid Needs - 5/12/08
- Your Child Is Sick--So Can He Go To School? - 3/30/09
- Yes Virginia, Another Chicken Pox Shot! - 10/29/07