Measles

2024-03-28T10:22:26-05:00March 28th, 2024|HEALTH|

We have a tendency to be spoiled by our country’s health care system. A good example of this is the current measles outbreaks [...]

Cognitive decline

2024-03-21T10:09:14-05:00March 21st, 2024|HEALTH|

There has been much made of the ages of the current Presidential candidates and their cognitive skills. Cognitive skills are indeed important. However, [...]

Gun violence

2024-02-29T10:57:47-05:00February 29th, 2024|HEALTH|

The American Academy of Pediatrics has long been an advocate for protecting our children from gun violence. Events like Columbine and Newtown and [...]

Darvo

2024-02-22T12:16:57-05:00February 22nd, 2024|HEALTH|

There are many identified patterns of behavior that we know about. One of them is the pattern used by men who sexually abuse [...]

Testing in dementia

2024-02-15T10:57:22-05:00February 15th, 2024|HEALTH|

Last week I wrote about neuropsychological testing in schools. Some people may have the perception that these tests are only useful in a [...]

Neuropsych testing

2024-02-08T10:57:16-05:00February 8th, 2024|HEALTH|

As a Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrician, I saw many patients with learning disabilities. The school psychologist and the neuropsychological testing that they did [...]

Energy drinks

2024-02-01T11:01:15-05:00February 1st, 2024|HEALTH|

Energy drinks have become common. There have been medical studies to look at their effects in adolescents. A recent study looked at 782 [...]

Botulism

2024-01-25T11:13:41-05:00January 25th, 2024|HEALTH|

There is an old adage that goes, “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove [...]

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