Opinion
Tragic consequences of ignorance for everyone
If the child’s parent’s were famous the message that swaddling a child who can turn over is dangerous might have gotten more attention.
Opinion
The risk of risk avoidance
The person whose primary focus is on avoiding any risk often shuts off the process of creative thinking and problem solving.
Opinion
The cost of pediatric specialization
It turns out that the lifetime earning potential of most pediatric subspecialists falls significantly behind that of general pediatricians.
Opinion
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is the answer to childhood obesity
We can agree that a more active lifestyle that includes spells of vigorous activity is important for weight management.
Opinion
Dialing back pandemic screen time
How should parents, and those of us who advise them, begin to restructure sensible and enforceable guidelines for screen time given the sea change...
Opinion
The siesta solution
The ability to take daytime naps and reap their cardiometabolic benefits is not just luck but has a significant genetic component, says Dr....
Opinion
Helping parents and children deal with a child’s limb deformity
In most clinic decisions the patient, pretty much regardless of age, should be a full participant in the process.
Opinion
COVID and schools: A pediatrician's case for a return to class
Parents, teachers, students, and pediatricians all agree that having children learn in a social, face-to-face environment is critical to their...
News
Puppy love: Is losing a pet too hard for children?
Dispatching a belly-up goldfish after a month or two is small potatoes compared to putting down a tail-wagging, frisbee-catching, four-footed...
Opinion
Nature or nurture in primary care?
Professor Lipton’s take on epigenetics boils down to the notion that our genome should merely be considered a blueprint and not the final...
Opinion
How COVID-19 will continue to alter patient visits
Where are you going to reset the bar as the pandemic lifts and the barriers that have prevented patients from coming to your office over the last...
Opinion
Coping with vaccine refusal
There is ample evidence that most vaccine deniers are not going to be convinced by even the most carefully presented information.
Opinion
Collateral damage in the war on obesity
Obesity is clearly a societal problem and selectively targeting the victims is not the answer.
Opinion
ADHD through the retrospectoscope
I have trouble believing that this dramatic increase in frequency is the result of accumulating genetic damage from Teflon cookware or climate...
Opinion
Letters from Maine: Role playing
Regardless of what academic field we are talking about, the title “doctor” has become a term of respect for someone who has spent an unusually...