August 2025 There are several articles that will keep you an informed parent in the AAP NEWS. from July 2025: #1 O’Hare K., et al, page 2 writes STIMULANT MEDICATIONS FOR ADHD DO NOT CAUSE PSYCHOTIC EXPERIENCES. Many governmental pseudo experts have been stating how medications are given too frequently and psychotic […]
Read More →June 2025 PARENTS it is time to wake up! Being good parents is more than just being informed. It is making proper decisions and taking action on them. The recent outbreaks of measles and whooping cough tell us vaccines are needed to control serious illness in our children. Keep in mind, whooping cough […]
Read More →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 -0.2 to 56 mm […]
Read More →February 2025 An article by Juan E.De la Cruz-Mena, MD, MSc, et al entitled SHORT-TERM DUAL THERAPY OR MONOTHERAPY WITH ACETAMINOPHEN AND IBUPROFEN FOR FEVER: A NETWORK META-ANALYSIS appeared in Pediatrics, Vol.154, nu 4, October 2024, pg. 60. This article shows that giving a febrile child acetaminophen and Ibuprofen together is more effective […]
Read More →December 2024 There was a very disturbing article in PEDIATRICS, by Bridget Duffy, BS, et al. “Characteristics of Fatalities Among Sexual-Gender-Diverse Youth in the United States: 2015-2020”, vol. 154, nu 83, Nov.2024. This article stated the following, “Suicide was the most common manner of death for sexual-and gender-diverse youth, despite many decedents receiving […]
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