Let’s look at how to make a decision about vaccinations and what your individual risks may be. Because whether as an infant or when you’re traveling or when you want to visit your new nephew, you may face the needle and you want all the information you can get.
Read MoreMany of my patients have become enamored with my two new family members, Jai and Kharma. Like other cats, they stalk their food bowls in the morning waiting for their food. But some mornings involved more than just stalking ... it would turn into Cat Battles. Here's why ...
Read MoreI had the luck of ending up behind a school bus this morning that was picking up neighborhood children and whisking them off to school.
Read MoreWhen we were kids, some of my fondest memories were rolling down a grassy hill, slinging mudballs at my sister and eating snow (well, not the yellow or dirty snow!). Now everything is antibacterial, kids live in sterile capsules and we are constantly washing everything in sight.
Read MorePart of a parent's job description is constant control over their young child's eating of the world around them.
Read MoreOver the past couple of years I have been spending more time with my friend's children. It reminds me of my grandfather's stories about walking 400 miles to school each day through the snow in the same pair of shoes for 18 years. What brings up those reminiscences are the sheer tsunami-size flood of toys that require batteries.
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