The US flu vaccine 2019-2020 is here! Who should get it? Unless medically contraindicated, all kids aged six months and older should get the flu vaccine. Your child’s pediatrician will ask you…
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While most of us enjoy back-to-school night, we do NOT enjoy back-to-school fever. Here is our guide for evaluating and treating fever in your child. Julie Kardos, MD and Naline Lai, MD…
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Do you recognize these school avoidance scenarios? Your child feels sick every school-day morning, but not on weekends. Your kid outright refuses to get on the bus or into your car on…
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All cleaned up! Someone hacked into our blog and inserted links to ads without our knowledge and certainly without our endorsement. We combed through ALL of our blog posts and removed all…
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Oh no! Unfortunately, it looks like someone or some robot has inserted links into our old blog posts. Please be extra careful when reading a sentence which contains a link. We may…
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Wondering how to pack your child a healthy lunch for school this year? Our friend and colleague, Dr. Roxanne Sukol, gives some wonderful suggestions in this post. Julie Kardos, MD and Naline…
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Taking your child to college for the first time? Dr. Lai offers the texting guidelines she gave to her first born as she headed off to college. Julie Kardos, MD and Naline…
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What causes brown spots on feet? In the summer, we see kids with these spots on their feet or hands. Read on for the answer behind the mysterious spots. Every child with…
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Let’s take a stroll back ten years to 2009. Ten years ago Facebook was just five years old. Back then there was no Instagram (2010), no Pinterest (2010), no Snapchat (2011). …
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How much vitamin D is recommended for kids? Dr. Lai contributed to this week’s Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Health Tip of the Week post “Vitamin D Supplements: What Parents Should Know.” Julie…
