Addressing effect E-cigarettes have on fetus. Risk to infants with maternal vaccinations. Concern that pandemic influenza vaccination is associated with epilepsy. E-CIGARETTES: EFFECTS ON THE FETUS Nan Jiang, PhD, et al.. Pediatrics in Review, March 2018, page 156 The bottom line in this article is the statement that appears in the 1st paragraph: […]
Read More →When the signs of an ear infection are apparent, check it out. Mrs. X. made an appointment for her 11-month- old daughter Annie who shefeared might have an ear infection. Having two other children she was not one toover react. Looking over the chart I noticed that Annie had never had an earinfection before. […]
Read More →We are still searching for the cause of autism. / Flavored electronic cigarettes can result in greater cigarette smoking by our youth. RISK OF AUTISM ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA AND PHOTOTHERAPY By Yvonne W. Wu, MD, MPH etc. . Pediatrics, Vol. 138 Nu. 4, Oct. 2016:e20161813 We must thank these authors for dispelling another etiological […]
Read More →As most of our families know our practice is right in the middle of the “sick” season. There are many illnesses we are seeing in the office right now. But one of the more frustrating and exhausting for parents can be acute gastroenteritis, AGE for short, or more commonly described as the “stomach flu.” […]
Read More →It was a busy Sunday afternoon and my weekend on call was coming to an end. With winter officially here pediatric illnesses had picked up in both the office and the hospital. There were the typical viral upper respiratory tract infections, flare-ups of asthma, ear infections and gastrointestinal infections. It is a predictably busy […]
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