Antibiotics: What Goes Wrong if not Used Properly Antibiotics are the most popular prescriptions but the most poorly understood. They do tremendous good, but when used inappropriately, they cause much
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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
Strong, Frequent Hits to the Head aren’t Good for the Brain
April 1, 2016Strong, Frequent Hits to the Head aren’t Good for the Brain This may be one of the dumbest headlines we have written ever. Who wouldn’t guess that hitting your head
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
The Sleepy Adolescent: When to Worry
January 11, 2016The Sleepy Adolescent: When to Worry Many families notice that when their perky elementary school aged child hits puberty and adolescence, they often get very sleepy. By the time our
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
More evidence that Vitamin D does not deliver
October 25, 2015More evidence that Vitamin D does not deliver The New England Journal of Medicine in October, 2015 published an important study on an interesting claim that Vitamin D has made
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Safe Sound Levels to Protect from Hearing Loss
September 16, 2015Safe Sound Levels to Protect from Hearing Loss Sadly, our ears are not built for loud noise, when exposed to it loud enough or long enough, the nerves that sense
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Hives- What are they, When to worry
September 11, 2015Hives are a paradox with a happy ending. Typically harmless, and more treatable than nearly any other rash, hives cause a tremendous level of concern. The concern is based on
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
On the Best Timing to get Tested for Strep Throat
July 7, 2015Just today, a parent in the practice asked, “When is the best time in the course of a sore throat to get tested for strep?” And then added, “You
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Moles: What are They? When to Worry?
July 2, 2015Moles: What are They? When to Worry? Everyone has them, increasingly people are worried about them. So, what is a mole, why do we worry about them, when should
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Croup- What is It, When to Worry?
December 24, 2014What is Croup? Croup is a variety of a cold that presents the greatest worry and perhaps the greatest risk of all forms of a cold. The word croup is
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
New Guidelines for Bronchiolitis- What is it, what to do?
October 30, 2014New Guidelines for Bronchiolitis- What is it, what to do? New guidelines for care of infants with bronchiolitis have just been published. This is a wheezy viral infection in young