Just returned from the Pediatric Academic Societies' Meetings in Toronto - and here's what I've learned: "IPCAAPPSOCHIMAPASIGPEDCAMCAHCIMCCCWGPSGCCTN." …
Stories
My Frozen Shoulder
A funny thing happened on the way to Ann Arbor. …
Minneapolis
My good friend, Dr. Timothy Culbert, directs one of the most comprehensive integrative pediatric programs in the world at Children's Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis, Minnesota. What makes him so special? …
Green This!
"Green This! volume one: greening your cleaning" by Deirdre Imus will be released next week. It's well worth reading for all those interested in environmentally-sound living. …
Brief update: Abraham Cherrix
Elizabeth Simpson at the Virginian-Pilot has written a poignant follow-up story about Abraham Cherrix, the teenager with cancer who fought to pursue his own path of treatment last year. …
Hospitals as Health Promoting?
The idea of a hospital as a health-promoting institution strikes us in the U.S. as strange. But it doesn't need to be that way, according to a terrific editorial published in Health and Hospitals Network OnLine. …
Media and Medicine: The Health News Review Website
Health News Review, a wonderful resource developed by the Foundation for Informed Medical Decision Making, tackles a problematic trend in health news reporting: PR and marketing campaigns disguised as medical news. …
Spirituality and Children
I read a book to my kids tonight that caused me to think about the innate spirituality of children. …
The Reluctant Family Bed
A reporter asked me this week: "What is the most common question you get from parents?" Easy answer, regardless of age: "How do I get my child to sleep through the night?" …
U.S. children are not well
A new report released by UNICEF ranks the U.S. 20th out of 21 industrialized countries in what they term "children's well-being." Only the U.K. lagged behind. …