What if you knew of a way to improve a child's intelligence, school performance, grades, attention span, coordination and sports performance while reducing the chances of ADHD? Sound too good to be true? It's not.
You can do all that and more for children by preventing lead poisoning.
Our introduction into the amazing world of parenthood… and then our abrupt reality check in the form of a life-threatening congenital heart defect & the successful medical interventions taken at Texas Children’s Hospital which taught us to never take a day for granted. This is our story.
The memory of that day remains vivid even today. My wife and I sat nervously in the waiting room, while our 2-month-old son underwent neurosurgery for craniosynostosis. It was the longest 4 hours of our lives, and impacted the way I'll practice medicine forever.
Part of the very nature of intimate partner violence is that someone in this situation must be careful at all times. Therefore, I need to reiterate that if you are currently in a battering relationship, and your perpetrator has access to the computer that you are reading this on, exercise caution when reading this blog entry. If you need immediate help, call 911. If you need help with resources call 211 or 800.799.SAFE.
I was recently interviewed about a subject that is receiving increasing attention: a widespread shortage of many medications in the United States.