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

As a member of the Knights of Columbus, I often have to attend funerals of members. Sometimes I have to call the widows [...]

A new study on exercise was published in February in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. It looked at exercise levels [...]

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

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

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

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

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

It has been almost 200 years since Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution. One of the key tenets of that theory is [...]