Dealing with a minor illness? Before heading to the medicine cabinet, I recommend considering remedies in your kitchen cabinet first. There are many safe and effective natural cures hiding in plain sight in your spice rack and among your baking supplies. Of course, these aren't meant to replace …
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Food Allergies: Why They’re So Common Today + What You Can Do
Growing up, I don’t remember my friends and classmates having food allergies. In fact, there was one kid in my entire elementary school with a peanut allergy — it was so unusual we all knew who he was. Today? The prevalence of food allergies has skyrocketed, and it’s estimated that 8% of children …
Stress Coping Skills For Teens
A 17 year old so stressed by college applications and SATs that she isn’t eating and has lost ten pounds this month. A 15 year old increasingly distracted and irritable because he is falling further and further behind in math and gets home at 10pm each night after soccer practice. A 13 year old …
Why Yoga is Good Medicine
Yoga is so much more than your typical medical “intervention.” Still, as is the case with many health-associated modalities from diverse traditions (e.g., Ayurveda, Traditional Chinese Medicine), yoga is being increasingly integrated and evaluated as a tool to address specific physical and emotional …
Rx LOVE: Why You Need To Let People Know You Love Them
February marks our national “Heart Month,” with Valentine’s Day smack in the middle as a reminder to love and be loved. Of course, it just plain feels good to both give and receive, but it turns out a number of research studies have demonstrated that love is also good for your health. How so? There …
Honey: Nature’s Magical Medical Cure
Winnie-the-Pooh had it figured out—it’s all about the honey. People over many centuries have gathered this tasty, sticky delight to treat everything from coughs to sore throats to skin infections. Honey may, in fact, be nature’s safest over-the-counter cough and cold treatment and its most potent …
Treatment Alternatives for Children
Big news this month. August marks the publication of my first book, Treatment Alternatives for Children (TAfC), with co-author Jeff Cohen. In some ways, I feel like the very proud papa of my 3rd child. Nearly 20 years of pediatric practice have informed the book, a guide for …
March 2011 Kiwi post: “A Small World”
It is a small world, after all How many millions of families have virtually journeyed around the world courtesy of Disney, serenaded by the memorable melody of “It’s a Small World”? I know that prior to these past two weeks, it’s the closest I’ve been to the wondrous lands of Southeast Asia. I …
New “The Whole Child” Post on the Kiwilog: December 2010
The Circle of Life “All I am I owe to my Mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.” –George Washington “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” –Abraham Lincoln Turns out that both …
New “The Whole Child” Post on the KiwiLog – October, 2010
"Children First" is now posted on the KiwiLog. Also, check out "The Green Pediatrician" on Kiwi's site. …