Getting Thinner- It’s all about our Food, exercise has a much smaller role On June 15, 2015, The New York Times published a review of many years of study on
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The Live Immunizations- Why They do Not Need Boosters but Still Need more than One Dose
June 11, 2015The Difference between a Live and Dead Immunizations: One Needs Boosters, the Other May Not A lot of colleges are now requiring entering students to have 2 chickenpox vaccines, and
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Neuroscience Meets Parenting:A Fascinating Look at the Latest Findings on Parenting
May 29, 2015On May 27, 2015, the Charlie Rose show on PBS aired a fantastic review of the latest neuroscience of parenting. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2015-05-27/charlie-rose-brain-series-3-episode-2-05-27- This episode is part of an ongoing set of
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A Routine Immunization Turns out to Prevent Childhood Leukemia!
May 21, 2015A Routine Immunization Turns Out to Prevent Childhood Leukemia! Most surprises about medical treatments are bad, so when a good surprise emerges, it is cause for real celebration. It turns
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Lice- Not a Disease
May 11, 2015Lice Update: They are Not a Disease The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Association of School Nurses both have recently come out with major policy statements on lice.
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It’s Spring Allergy Season- Some Allergy Basics
April 15, 2015As we glory in the return of a warm sun, of the return of new life as plants start to grow and green, we also start to think about allergies.
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In Celebration of LEGO’S
March 22, 2015In Celebration of LEGO’S! This weekend, I came across a fascinating history of the powerful tool for imagination, LEGOS. An unlikely source of poetic inspiration, I came across the article
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Say Nuts to Allergies: Another Illusion is Overturned
February 25, 2015Say Nuts to Allergies, Another Illusion is Overturned– Feeding Peanuts Early to Infants Actually Prevents Allergy to Peanuts For many years, the ruling wisdom has held that if you expose
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Tongue-Tie: The Power and Challenge of Trends in Diagnosis
February 7, 2015Tongue-Tie: The Power and Challenge of Trends in Diagnosis In the last few years, a great surge of interest in the condition commonly referred to as tongue-tie has emerged. Tongue-tie
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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