By Dr. Arthur Lavin The chemical called ethyl alcohol, or ethanol, looks deceptively simple. Just take 2 carbon atoms and surround each with a hydrogen atom wherever one can attach to
Alcohol through the Ages and in America
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Let’s Wake Up to Melatonin
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Not so long ago, updates on how we cycle from wake to sleep and back were discussed in some detail in Real Answers. Since that time, the
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Some Central Lessons on the Nature of Intelligence – From the Slime Mold to the Octopus
By Dr. Arthur Lavin We all value intelligence, at least nearly everyone says they do. And these days, the whole concept takes on special value and power, because it will
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Happy Birthday VFC! Time to Celebrate a Medical Miracle that Saved 732,000 Lives
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Last fall marked the 25th Birthday of the VFC, a program that has its roots in the work of Hillary Clinton and Marian Wright Edelman at
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The Air Is Not Apparent: An Update on Just What Air Pollution Does
By Dr. Arthur Lavin This fall I was honored to once again attend an important meeting devoted to acting on the harms done to our babies’ brain development by certain
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How Pro Should We Be About Probiotics? The Latest on How They Help, and How They Do Not
By Dr. Arthur Lavin It is a very reasonable stance to be skeptical about any medical intervention. Why is that? Because none are perfect. This is why we at Advanced Pediatrics always
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The Impact of Lead and Mercury on our Children, on our Humanity
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Lead and mercury are elements (more on that below) that are also poisons, meaning taking them into the body causes significant harm. These metals are some
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Now We Can Look at Something that We Once Could Not: Scabies
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Even saying the word makes the head turn away, that is if you know what scabies is. But there is some truly extraordinary news, a drug
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The Proofs are Rolling In: HPV Immunization will Prevent Cancer
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Some Basic Facts about the Human Papilloma Virus HPV stands for Human Papilloma Virus, which is the virus that causes warts in humans. There are two types of
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The Ongoing Question: What Is That We Eat That Piles on the Pounds?
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Paleo, low carb, hi-protein, fasting, every which way we turn, another diet pops up promising that we can live in the abundance of food in America