Opinion
Our role in preventing postpartum depression
Simply making postpartum depression screening our own professional priority can save lives, ease suffering, and improve postpartum outcomes.
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Recommendations on breastfeeding: A case of too much information
If the American Academy of Pediatrics had chosen to release a separate statement simply supporting mothers who chose to nurse longer than a year,...
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Caring for the young elite athlete
When faced with patients who are clearly on the elite sport pathway, our goal is to protect their health – both physical and mental.
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Moderate activity versus sweat equity
This study should not prompt us to throw up our hands and toss out the current recommendations of an hour of moderate activity.
Opinion
The power of napping
As a child approaches the 6-month milestone, napping is a topic ripe for well-considered anticipatory guidance.
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Childhood cardiovascular risks and longevity
The two individual risk factors in childhood that appear to be the most potent in adulthood, obesity and smoking, are also the most frustrating...
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Are teenagers tone deaf?
The good news is that teenagers are still listening to us, although they are increasingly more interested in what their peers and the rest of the...
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Your grandmother, the metabolic influencer
So it appears that the first-generation offspring’s gametes and hence, the third generation, was being exposed in utero to something generated by...
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Tactile stimulation for inadequate neonatal respiration at birth
The one study reviewed showed a reduction in tracheal intubation in infants who had received tactile stimulation.
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Screening for anxiety in young children
Anxiety happens and unfortunately so do anxiety disorders. We need to be doing a better job of acknowledging and responding to these two realities...
Opinion
Weigh but don’t tell
The pediatrician’s office conversation that ensues could include the provider’s observations that weight is just one measure of health and in fact...
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Give patients can’ts but also can do’s
In my experience, too many physicians forget to include a generous list of “can do’s” in their visit closing discussions.
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Waiting for the under-5 COVID-19 vaccine
This may be yet another instance of when the crafty COVID-19 has moved with a pace that will make an under–age-5 vaccine of relatively little...
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Is family reunification our goal?
Not every family is repairable, at least on a time schedule that is compatible with the emotional and health needs of the children.
Opinion
The art of saying 'I don't know'
The art of saying “I don’t know” boils down to what you say after the “but” and how you say it. As long as you have offered a plan to find the...