September 6, 2019

Something New: Helpful, Not Helpful, or Harmful?

How destructive can a simple iPhone that everybody owns be?   A great deal of advertisement, press and media attention has been lavished on a new approach to infant feeding. Some research may indicate early, small, multiple feedings of solids including peanuts might prevent the development of food allergies.  
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September 27, 2004

More Than We Bargained For

A child with a diagnosis of ADHD, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, frequently has other diagnoses as well.   Thus, the identity of ADHD often means that treatment of the disorder can be complicated by other factors. The high prevalence of ADHD with other comorbid diagnoses was demonstrated in the
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January 1, 2019

Whats up, doc?

A review of pediatric allergy, asthma and immunology. A supplement was included in the December 2018 edition of Pediatrics, vol. 142, supplement 4 listing the best articles relevant to pediatric allergy, asthma and immunology. After reviewing these I felt a synopsis of some of the articles would be educational. Thus
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April 1, 2025

Whats up, doc?

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
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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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