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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Anesthesia and Childhood: Time for Caution
Image via WikipediaAnesthesia and Childhood: Time for Caution Anesthesia is one of the great gifts of modern medicine. It has given us important medical interventions that would otherwise be
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Sugar: Perhaps More Bitter than Sweet
Sugar: Perhaps More Bitter than Sweet We seem to live in an era in which everything we eat takes its turn being suspect, only to find a few weeks later
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
In the Car: Rear Face as Long as Possible
In the Car: Rear Face as Long as Possible The American Academy of Pediatrics has just issued a new guideline: keep your infant facing backwards until age 2, unless
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
A Curious Finding Suggests Immunizations May Prevent Some Cancers
A Curious Finding Suggests Immunizations May Prevent Some Cancers A well-respected team of researchers from one of the nation’s leading medical centers, the Houston Medical Center, has published a strong
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
A Reminder that Fever is Harmless
A Reminder that Fever is Harmless Advanced Pediatrics was very pleased to be contacted by a reporter from Suite 101.com to discuss the recent American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) campaign
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
FDA to take up to 500 cold medicines off the market
Image via WikipediaFDA to take up to 500 cold medicines off the market The FDA announced on March 1, 2011 that it would now investigate over 500 cold and cough
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
More Germs, Less Asthma
More Germs, Less Asthma This weeks New England Journal of Medicine adds an important addition to a very large body of evidence that exposure to more germs in childhood can actually
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
Beware of Magazine Ratings of Colleges and Hospitals
Beware of Magazine Ratings of Colleges and Hospitals In the February 21, 2011 issue of The New Yorker, Malcom Gladwell, the author of The Tipping Point, takes a close look
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Original Articles By Dr. Lavin Featuring Expert Advice & Information about Pediatric Health Issues that you Care the Most About
An Occassional Reminder of Magnificence
This morning, the morning of George Washington’s birthday, the residents of the Greater Cleveland area were treated to one of nature’s most astounding sights- a burst of light as the