Whats up, doc?

Whats up, doc?

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

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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Whats up, doc?

Whats up, doc?

February 2024   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

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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Whats up, doc?

Whats up, doc?

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

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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Whats up, doc?

Whats up, doc?

October 2024   Let’s take a look at some recent interesting articles in the pediatric medical literature.   Carrie K....
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Pityriasis Alba

Pityriasis Alba

Eleven-year-old Marco came in for his yearly physical and sports exam before starting the 6th grade.   I asked him...
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Whats up, doc?

Whats up, doc?

August 2024   Concussion has become a diagnosis that provokes fear in parents and unnecessary restrictions on the patient.  ...
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The Sports Physical and the “Dreaded Hernia Exam”

The Sports Physical and the “Dreaded Hernia Exam”

As summer is upon us many pediatricians and family practice doctors will be doing sports and camp physicals. I am...
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March 26, 2007

Early History of ADHD-Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Is ADHD a “new” diagnosis, the result of our modern, hurried, technologically driven society?.   In the early 1800’s, ADHD was first noted by researchers who recognized that some patients recovering from serious head trauma often presented with overactive, impulsive inattentive and distractible behavior. There was decisive great increase in
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October 23, 2006

Does Television Exposure Provoke ADHD Behaviors?

Referring back to my article of July 24, 2006, I invited my readers to join with me in the quest for information found in pediatric medical literature. I have summarized several of these journal articles for your benefit and encourage you to read the complete work.   In PEDIATRICS Volume
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July 31, 2006

ADD? But She Gets Mostly A’s!

Dawn, a charming 14-year-old girl, just had her eighth grade graduation.   Her parents had scheduled an hour appointment to discuss the possibility that she might have ADD. Sifting through her chart and my notes I was reminded that she was essentially a straight A student through grade school and
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March 13, 2006

Beware of False Hope

As I perused my local papers recent Health Section I came across an article that may give false ideas for help in the area of learning disorders. It related the beneficial effects of medication for neurofibromatosis and speculated that it may also prove helpful in controlling learning disabilities.   I
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March 14, 2005

Canada Halts Adderall Sales

The article appeared in the February 10th edition of The Wall Street Journal; “Canada Halts Adderall Sales, Citing Deaths.” The distraught phone calls came to our office in the ensuing days   “My son’s been on Adderall for three years and he has done great in school. What are we
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