April 2025 RISKS OF WATER BEAD INGESTION in Pediatrics, vol 155, issue 2, Feb 2025 pg.58. Here is a new hazard for informed parent readers as Haugen et al describes the risks of water bead ingestion. “Water beads consist of water-absorbent polymers made of polyacrylamide that can expand from -0.2 to 56 mm […]
Read More →October 2024 Let’s take a look at some recent interesting articles in the pediatric medical literature. Carrie K. Barker, MD, et al wrote THE EVOLUTION of a PEDIATRIC PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS: E-CIGARETTE or VAPING-ASSOCIATED LUNG INJURY in PEDICTRICS, vol 153, nu. 5, May 2024, pg. 33. She related how vaping products and e-cigarettes […]
Read More →Eleven-year-old Marco came in for his yearly physical and sports exam before starting the 6th grade. I asked him how his summer had been and what he had done. He had gone to soccer camps and Junior Lifeguards. The lifeguards in many beachside communities run a summer program for adolescents. It is a great […]
Read More →June 2024 Here are three articles that I think conscientious parents will find interesting and useful. 1) Treatments for ADHD in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review by Bradley S. Peterson, MD, et al that appeared in PEDIATRICS, vol 153, nu 4, April 2024, pg 58. The authors reported on 312 studies […]
Read More →Looking at my schedule a “new” 18-year-old patient was next. The name seemed familiar. My office manager said that she had been my patient the first five years of her life but then the family had moved out of state. They recently moved back to this area. The young lady needed some immunizations for […]
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