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  • What I Wish Parents Knew About Medical Billing
    One of the things that I do a lot here at our practice is talk to parents about their health insurance coverage. The conversation is usually about why they have Read more
  • Chickenpox Parties?
    A few weeks ago, I stumbled across the Facebook group “Chicken Pox Parties—New York Metro Area.” It has 143 members, all of whom, I’m guessing, are parents who have chosen Read more
  • Wet Wraps And Eczema Care
    Wet wrap therapy can effectively heal eczema in children with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD), reducing the need for medication, a new study shows. In the largest-ever study of wet wrap therapy—also called soak-and-seal—researchers at National Jewish Read more
  • Do Zinc Supplements Cure the Cold?
      The incredibly vast wonderful matrix of cells, tissues, organs and enzymes that make up the human body is much more complex that would be unraveled in our respective lifetimes. The Read more
  • Breastfeeding and Formula Supplementation: What are the risks?
    www.office.microsoft.com     Breastfeeding and Risk of Formula Supplementation. The maxim, “breastfeeding is the way to go!” was drummed in early in my pediatric training and it remains a scientific fact to date. Recently Read more
  • What's A Patient Portal?
      What’s a Patient Portal? A portal just as is suggested by the Latin derivative, is basically a gateway or access into some space or situation. Enter, the 21st Century! with yet another Read more
  • Nasal Allergies in Children
      Allergies are on the rise! No one has quite figured out all the answers at this point. There’s the “hygiene hypothesis”, which we spoke about previously and other areas of Read more
  • Potty Training: A synopsis for parents
    Potty Training: A synopsis for parents   In pediatric practices across the country, the delicate issue of potty training becomes a theme at preventive health visits typically around the 18th month visit. Read more
  • Speech and Language Disorder: Stuttering
        The parents of, 4 year old Sally are concerned about the stuttering they observed a few months ago in their daughter. The stuttering hasn’t improved despite efforts to correct and Read more
  • Food Allergies -Part 2
      Diverse symptoms ranging from an infant “spitting up” to overt vomiting or diarrhea or colic are very common in newborn infants. Abdominal pain, flatulence and constipation tend to be more Read more
  • Food Allergies- Part 1
      Food allergies have become extremely common in our collective daily experiences. I recently got my turn to buy snacks for my daughter’s kindergarten class and was impressed by the lengthy Read more
  • Why vaccinate your children?
      Prevention is better than cure! This often told precept is widely accepted in many settings but it oddly doesn’t enjoy the same courtesy with childhood immunizations in our experience. Since its Read more
  • What is Bronchiolitis, Doc?
    CDC.gov/rsv on 1/6/13 for picture credit Sally is 9-months old; she developed a runny nose after a holiday party she attended with the family last week. Now her mom has been Read more
  • Nitrates in your water: state of the evidence
      The health implications of exposure to nitrates in drinking water were first reported in the scientific literature by Comly in 1945 after observing ashen-gray skin discoloration known as cyanosis in Read more
  • Vapor rub and cold symptoms
      The concerns regarding the safety of routine OTC (Over The Counter)  cold/cough medications in children < 4years are well known. Parents are frequently saddled with a difficult choice when children Read more
  • Drooling and teething
      Dr.Vaughan my baby girl just started drooling and chews on her hands a lot I think she is a little young to be teething what age do most children start Read more

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