By Dr. Arthur Lavin Recently the New York Times published a challenging essay by Benedict Carey, a Times science reporter, that offered a brisk perspective on a challenge we all
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Families in our practice know that we have never let drug companies into our office. What does that mean? Any employee of a drug company trying
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Readers of Real Answers with Dr. Lavin may remember an earlier post on this subject where the idea that many children diagnosed, or suspected of being, allergic to penicillins turn
By Dr. Arthur Lavin For many, many years, there has been great hope that a dietary supplement would prevent some of the greatest causes of death in modern humanity, including
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Readers of Real Answers with Dr. Arthur Lavin will remember that nearly every posting on the influenza virus reminds us that this is a virus that mysteriously appears every
By Dr. Arthur Lavin The January 2019 issue of Pediatrics offers two important updates on the prevention of diseases caused by the germ called the meningococcus, Type B, or the Men B
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Thanks to an alert from a family in the practice, we are sharing this notice, that a highly popular toy, the Squishies, emit toxic compounds and
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Readers of Real Answers with Dr. Arthur Lavin will remember that nearly every posting on the influenza virus reminds us that this is a virus that mysteriously appears every
By Dr. Arthur Lavin We have written before in Real Answers with Dr. Lavin about the catastrophic explosion of addiction to nicotine that has been inflicted on our children, right now, just in the
By Dr. Arthur Lavin Spanking is one of those things that make everyone wonder, does it help? It seems to hurt, but maybe it does some good? But it sure
