Eyes Crossed and Pseudo Strabismus

Amy, a little 3-month-old was on my schedule with the chief complaint was that her eyes crossed   Entering the...
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June 2025   PARENTS it is time to wake up! Being good parents is more than just being informed. It...
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Fifths Disease…It Must Be Spring

It was late morning, just before lunch. Grabbing the chart of my next patient I noticed that he was not...
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April 2025   RISKS OF WATER BEAD INGESTION in Pediatrics, vol 155, issue 2, Feb 2025 pg.58. Here is a...
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Juvenile Spring Eruption…Just when you think you’ve seen it all

I grabbed the chart of my next patient and was intrigued by what the nurse had written as the chief...
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February 2025   An article by Juan E.De la Cruz-Mena, MD, MSc, et al entitled SHORT-TERM DUAL THERAPY OR MONOTHERAPY...
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Tonsil Stones

John is a 10 year-old patient of mine who was brought to the office for “possible strep throat”.   His...
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December 2024   There was a very disturbing article in PEDIATRICS, by Bridget Duffy, BS, et al. “Characteristics of Fatalities...
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Newborn Hiccups and Sneezing

The Things That Newborns Do.....   I really enjoy the newborn visit. Usually, two days after discharge the proud parents...
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October 2024   Let’s take a look at some recent interesting articles in the pediatric medical literature.   Carrie K....
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June 1, 2020

Marijuana and Our Children

What have we learned with the effects of marijuana use?   The following table reprinted from PEDIATRICS IN REVIEW, February 2020, pg. 61, best summarizes the adverse effects of marijuana use. As you can see it is not innocuous in either the short or long term usage.   We are
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May 1, 2020

Postural Proteinuria…No Big Deal

Small amount of protein in one’s urine does not necessarily give a call for alarm.   Brett was coming in for his high school physical.Because of the covid-19 (coronavirus)shutdownboth parents were able to come with him. He was going to be a junior in the fall and was hoping to
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April 20, 2020

Nothing New

How to keep your children calm during the covid-19 pandemic.   This coronavirus has created a great deal of anxiety, boredom and suffering. It has brought telemedicine visits to our practice which has proven very useful in allowing people to stay at home and contain the viral spread. There is
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April 1, 2020

Stimulants and Academic Achievement

My child is so nervous before taking an examination. But when he takes a stimulant before, the grades come out much better.   Should this be a problem?   It has been clearly shown that the use of stimulants by non-ADD college age and high-school students does not enhance academic
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February 18, 2020

Teeth and Infants

Mrs. X brought her daughter to see me for a sick visit,thinking she might have an ear infection.   I had seen her two weeks ago for her 9 month well-check.She was doing just fine in regard to her growth and development. For the past few days Briana had been
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