This Mother’s Day, we honor Dr. Kardos’s mom, who passed earlier this year. Dr. Kardos and I had been planning a post on nasal congestion in kids, but because we couldn’t have…
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I was greatly relieved recently when my teen arrived back from a music department trip to Disney without a sunburn. I had pictured a bright red cherry tomato coming off the plane.…
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Lately, whenever I take my dog for her walk, she sneezes as soon as we get outside. I find it interesting that my vet says I can give her Claritin—the same dose that I take for my…
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Our infectious disease colleagues warn us that this year, winter in the Northeast United States was not cold enough for long enough to kill off as many ticks as usual. Thus, we…
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It’s a sure sign of spring. Recently a mom showed me a splinter in her child’s finger (pictured above) from running about outside and falling on wood chips. If a splinter is very tiny…
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The Zika virus in the news these days reminds us of another microcephaly-causing virus which scourged our world in the not-so-distant past. In the years right before the Two Peds doctors were born…
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As your kids apply to college or return home from college for winter break, we urge you to keep in mind an alarming, yet typical scenario which involves binge drinking that student…
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You have a hole in your head. Actually, you have several. You, your children, and everyone else. These dratted air pockets in your skull can fill with pus and cause sinus infections. Scientists hypothesize they once helped…
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(photo courtesy of WPCLipart.com) Ouch! Stung on the scalp. Ouch! Stung on the hand. Ouch! Stung on the leg. Ouch! Ouch! Stung TWICE on the lips. Those nasty, nasty wasps. During the…
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With some states now legalizing pot for recreational use, drug education for kids has never been more critical. The American Academy of Pediatrics released a policy statement this past year opposing legalization…
