Given recent findings, Advanced Pediatrics now recommends that all children taking stimulant medications have an EKG done prior to getting a refill. Stimulant medications are the most common drugs used
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Singulair
May 25, 2009A recent notice from the FDA alerts us all to the fact that a person taking Singulair has committed suicide. This fact was actually brought to light by the manufacturer
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Statement on Autism
May 25, 2009Advanced Pediatrics Statement on Autism Spring, 2009 What is Autism? The word autism derives from the
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Announcing the Opening of the First Who’s The Boss? Parenting Education Center in Greater Cleveland
May 25, 2009Advanced Pediatrics is pleased to announce the opening of an exciting new resource for our community: The Who’s the Boss? Parenting Education Center (For more information and appointments, call 216-647-1707).
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
A New Study for 6-17 Year Olds with ADHD at Advanced Pediatrics
May 25, 2009People with attention deficit disorders typically have abnormal sleep function, too. Recent studies have linked exposure to strong white light after sunset to disruptions in normal sleeping. And so, we
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Please Do Not Purchase Cold and Cough Medicine for Your Children
May 25, 2009We are pleased to announce that the FDA and AAP have come to agreement with a position taken by this office in the early 1980’s: cold and cough remedies do
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
The IEP: Two Great Websites to Help You Prepare
May 25, 2009The AMERICAN ACADEMY of PEDIATRICShttp://www.medicalhomeinfo.org/tools/school.htmlThis Web Page from the AAP is a treasure chest of resources to help you help your school deliver the help your child may need. It
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Folic Acid Alert
May 25, 2009All women from their first to last period should take 400 micrograms of folic acid a day. If you do, you will prevent the development of spina bifida in many
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
New Lice Treatment
May 25, 2009Curing Lice In December, 2005, the journal Pediatrics published the finding that one could use the easily available skin cleanser Cetaphil® Gentle Skin Cleanser to cure lice. The
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Vitamin D, The Second Vitamin to Have Proven Benefit as a Drug?
May 25, 2009PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE IS NOW STRONG ENOUGH for Advanced Pediatrics to support the advice to give 400 units of Vitamin D every day to every child starting at birth (unless the child