A quote from Alice In Wonderland. “There’s no use trying,” she said; “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was younger… Why sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Something impossible is happening. Alice is becoming the Queen. What does it mean […]
I used to think that when doctors diagnose a virus with its name, it was more helpful to parents. RSV is a good example. Respiratory Syncytial Virus a one that often settles in the chest causing bronchiolitis. There’s a test for it, and like many viral infections, the treatment is the same whether you and […]
What’s the difference between spreading gossip and circulating misinformation? If you’re raising children, there is no difference. I was sitting at the dinner table when one of the kids said there was a doctor at the CDC who ‘covered up’ vaccine research data and then ‘blew the whistle’ on his published study. “It was on […]
When I saw the Earn Your Stripe Campaign encouraging all health care providers to get a flu vaccine, I knew it was a great idea. And your Partners In Pediatrics are 100% protected. We live by example! Preventing influenza has a public health champion in the folks at the CDC, and they have made it a point […]
I am very interested in the impact of media on our children’s health and wellbeing, and I admit it: I always make time to pitch my ideas about screen time during check-up visits, but there are so many topics to cover and in a very limited time, as parents well know. It goes without saying that […]
In 2012, I attended a TEDMED conference where I met my first The FitBit Story It’s is a digital, computerized pedometer, but as it turns out, these gadgets are SO MUCH MORE. They come with a program and once you tell it how tall you are, how old, and pick a clever user name, then you’re […]