We all know e-cigarettes are safer than regular tobacco use. But can it lead to marijuana use? //How harmful is it if I am a regular marijuana user and am breast feeding my baby?   ADOLESCENT E-CIGARETTE, HOOKAH AND CONVENTIONAL CIGARETTE USE AND SUBSEQUENT MARIJUANA USE Janet Audrain-McGovern, PhD, et al.. PEDIATRICS Vol. 142, No […]

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For years I have been speaking and writing about fever and, in most instances, the fact is that fever is our best friend in fighting infections. Yet the drama of fever goes on.   ACETAMINOPHEN POISONING Ariella Nadler, M.D. and Daniel M. Fein, M.D.. Pediatrics in Review, June 2018, Vol. 39, No 6, pg. 318 […]

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Addressing effect E-cigarettes have on fetus. Risk to infants with maternal vaccinations. Concern that pandemic influenza vaccination is associated with epilepsy.   E-CIGARETTES: EFFECTS ON THE FETUS Nan Jiang, PhD, et al.. Pediatrics in Review, March 2018, page 156   The bottom line in this article is the statement that appears in the 1st paragraph: […]

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Information is needed to guide parents on the subject of marijuana use now that it is legal in some states. / How effective is nonoperative treatment for acute appendicitis?   COUSELING PARENTS AND TEENS ABOUT MARIJUANA USE IN THE ERA OF LEGALIZTION OF MARIJUANA By Sheryl A. Ryan, MD, FAAP, etc. . Pediatrics, Vol. 139, […]

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We are still searching for the cause of autism. / Flavored electronic cigarettes can result in greater cigarette smoking by our youth.   RISK OF AUTISM ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA AND PHOTOTHERAPY By Yvonne W. Wu, MD, MPH etc. . Pediatrics, Vol. 138 Nu. 4, Oct. 2016:e20161813 We must thank these authors for dispelling another etiological […]

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