Helping Kids Make Sense of the Sea World Tragedy

Wednesday’s tragic death at Sea World was stunning for everyone and reminds us that these wild life shows we enjoy put many highly trained people at risk each and every day.

Prescription Filling Is Dangerous to Our Wallets

Like most Americans, I have a few prescriptions I fill regularly. Seems to come with age, even though I’m not that old! A couple of these prescriptions I’ve had for years – same drug and same dose, and with the same insurance company.

If a fake ID is bad, changing birthdays to go on Facebook is…ok? Not so fast!

If you have a tween or an older elementary school student, you may be hearing that familiar whine “but, why can’t I go on Facebook (or MySpace)? EVERYONE is on it!”

Getting Today’s Broken Health Care System To Work For You

While our government leaders are busy debate “health reform”, I often get the sense they forget that most of us have medical needs now that need to get addressed in today’s very broken system. Our medical needs and those of our kids are actually blind and deaf to their discussions because they just wanted to get addressed – today.

Book Review: Fat Tale by Karen Land

With childhood obesity becoming a national focus due to First Lady Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, many families are beginning to think about ways to help their children understand the many issues at play with health eating and staying in shape.

Olympic Lessons for All Kids

Have you been watching the Olympics with your kids this week?

“Wow!” is all I can say. It’s been incredibly exciting to witness, even when our favorites haven’t fared as well as they hoped.

Superbowl Health Health PSA A Super classy move by CBS!

Let’s face it, unless you were from Indianapolis or New Orleans, the ads and half time show are what got you, your friends and family around that TV last night. It’s a true American tradition for all of us. The game is always exciting and last night’s certainly did not disappoint but most of us watch to see what new and exciting PR moves will be displayed from one year to the next.

The Wakefield Paper Retraction: a violation of medical ethics is always bad news

It’s an unusual situation. In fact, during my entire medical career, including my years as a medical student and resident, I can not recall a single other moment that compares to what occurred yesterday. Yesterday was a first.