Every few years, the American Academy of Pediatrics reviews its guidelines for the diagnosis and management of ear infections based on the evolving understanding of the risks and benefits of treatment, as well as the nuances of the clinical features that determine the diagnosis and the recommendations change. I’m sure parents must think that ear infections are … Continue Reading →
Synthetic marijuana known as K2 or Spice is appealing to teens. You can often go to the corner gas station and find it in pot pourri-like products and by smoking it you can get an intense high. It’s of course unregulated and who knows what’s in it. Many teens have had serious adverse reactions to … Continue Reading →
Ear infections are common in young children, and during cold and flu season these infections happen even more. Parents worry that an infection gone undiagnosed could result in undue pain or hearing problems for their infant, so they often bring their baby in to get his ears checked at the first sign of a possible … Continue Reading →
Question from a patient: Maddie (13 months) used to eat anything on her tray but we are now in a picky phase. She throws food and yells if she doesn’t like it. The other night the only thing she would eat for dinner were blueberries. She ate half a pint lol. She seems to still … Continue Reading →
Most babies start to crawl between 6 and 10 months. It’s a natural progression from tummy time; infants often first scoot backward and then moving forward on their bellies before figuring out that they can get their knees up underneath them too and move more efficiently. It’s fun to watch a baby’s first forays into … Continue Reading →
Last week, a young college student was mourned after succumbing to a virulent form of bacterial meningitis. Emily Stillwell was 19, a sophomore at Kalamazoo college, and hailed from West Bloomfield. She developed a bad headache and fever and her roommates understood this was no ordinary illness. They helped her get to the hospital quickly … Continue Reading →
Whether you like it or not, you’re going to get a lot of advice about starting your baby on solid foods. And sometimes the advice you get will be wildly different from one person to the next. The confusing thing is that everybody’s advice seems to make some sense and there seems to be a … Continue Reading →
Influenza has hit early and hit hard. Your work colleagues are out sick, media reports tout the ERs are at capacity and you’re scrambling to minimize the chance that your children get sick with this year’s flu. First some facts: stomach flu is not the same as Influenza. Both are circulating now, but they are … Continue Reading →
You’ve only got a week left so it’s time to start getting your children ready for the early morning wake-up times that school demands. It’s common to let things slide in the summer. It’s light so late, fireworks and outdoor fun last until even the adults are bleary-eyed, but kids have had the luxury of sleeping … Continue Reading →
Middle schoolers, high schoolers and graduates heading off to college all need to make sure they have the latest fashions and the forms they need to play sports, and for many getting vaccines is another thing on the long list of things to do. It may not be glamorous, but being protected against cervical cancer, meningitis, … Continue Reading →