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Summer Food Safety Tips
Like cold and flu season, there seems to be a food-borne illness season – food-borne illnesses are at their peak during summer months. The warm ...
Summer Fun and Learning Can Co-Exist
Learning never stops during the course of our lifetime; so it’s important to motivate kids to learn as much as they can, even during summer ...
Fun Independence Day Games
Independence Day will be here before you know it, and your children may be looking for fun outdoor games to play. These fun 4th of ...
Tips for Keeping Your Teen Safe on the Road This Summer
Your teen has just received his license and the worrying begins. Summer is just around the corner and your teen will be spending more time ...
Fun Summer Ideas for Kids: Reading
As kids look forward to the last day of school, teachers remind their students to read at least 25 books over the summer. While this ...
Suggestions for Making Picnics More Fun
Summertime is for picnics in the park or on the beach. Forgetting to pack essential items can ruin your day. Here are some tips for ...
How Old Should My Child Be Before They Go to Summer Camp?
Children love to spend time with their friends, and as summer approaches, they may ask if they can go to the same camp as their ...
How to Create a Baby Scrapbook
Making a baby scrapbook is a beautiful way to remember your child when he or she was so little. Scrapbooks are more personal, detailed, and ...
ADHD and Pesticide Exposure
A recent study published in the June online edition of Pediatrics showed that children with higher levels of organophosphate pesticide metabolites in their urine were at ...
Current Criteria for Diagnosing Eating Disorders May Exclude Sickest Patients
A new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital has found that many patients who do not meet full ...
Rethinking ‘‘Generation Me’’
In a scientific analysis of approximately one-half million high-school seniors over three decades, Brent Donnellan and Kali Trzesniewski of the University of Western Ontario argue teens ...
Antidepressants Cut Risk of Hospital Re-admission for Suicidal Youth
Suicidal adolescents who were prescribed an antidepressant medication during inpatient psychiatric hospital treatment were 85 percent less likely than others to be readmitted within a ...
New Research Uncovers How Antidepressants Work
Reserachers at Queensland Brain Insitute in Australia have discovered the class of drugs that increase levels of a neurotransmitter known as ‘norepinephrine’ triggers neurogenesis – ...
How to Control Acne in Your Teen
Teenagers are famously unkind to each other, and having an acne problem is like having a target on your back. Cruel comments and poor ...
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 101
What is a child and adolescent psychiatrist? As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, my job is to evaluate and treat individuals with psychiatric disorders. Child ...
What Are Your Kids Doing Right Now?
I am a child of the 50’s when radio, record players and TV were the main sources of media entertainment within the home. I spent ...
