As I was studying the February 2021 issue of PEDIATRICS, vol.147, nu. 2 pg. 5, I came across an article by Arvin Garg, M.D., MPH, et al entitled “Protecting the American Dream: a Pediatric Imperative.” It was pointed out that the term “The American Dream” was first coined by James Truslow Adams in 1931. […]
Read More →In this difficult time of Covid where tele-medicine is becoming more accepted I was scheduled to do a consult about possible learning disabilities in an 8-year-old second grader named Justin. He was one of my regular patients. It was a bit strange seeing mom and Justin sitting at the kitchen table on a computer […]
Read More →The recent issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, August 2020 is chucked full of articles related to the topic of ADHD. Here are the articles that are of significance: ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER MEDICATION AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS by Laura Ghirardi, MSc, et al.Page 944 points […]
Read More →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 in a learning phase of […]
Read More →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 achievement. The person who abuses […]
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