Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
Have you ever wondered how ads that seem to be made just for you pop up on Facebook, Google and just about every other site you go to? It’s called “behavioral advertising” and it’s rather cleaver and sneaky at the [...]
By now you’ve heard the news. Like it or not, the new Facebook Timeline is coming to a Facebook profile near you. In otherwords, yours, mine and all of our closest, and not so closest, friends. Not wanting the change [...]
Reading the tweets and news stories condemning Paula for not disclosing her diabetes sooner, and accusing her of doing so for personal gain, I’m reminded of the old American Indian Proverb: Never criticize a man until you’ve walked a mile [...]
Last year, the Florida State legislature attempted to gag pediatricians from discussing gun safety with families. That law, referred to as the docs n’ Glocks Law, was overturned by a Federal Judge this past September after strong rallying by the [...]
There are times in life I’m reminded of the 1980’s Billy Crystal parody, “You Look Marvelous”. The skit was a paroday of Fernando Lamas and gave birth to the phrase “You look marvelous…it’s not how you feel, it’s how you [...]
Looking for information on the digital world of texting, gaming and social media of your kids and teens? Wondering where that article was on texting or cyberbullying you know you saw recently on Pediatrics Now? Don’t worry! They haven’t [...]
Do you follow your blood pressure at home, perhaps with a home monitoring device like the one shown in the picture? Does your blood pressure go up and down a bit? What happens at the doctor’s office? Is it typically [...]
Few issues get people’s blood boiling the way sex does. It’s no surprise that we come to blows over issues concerning teen sex and sexuality – we nearly come to blows when adults issues on the same topics come to [...]
Have you noticed how just about everything is occurring earlier in the lives of kids than it did when we were kids? Today’s kids are expected to achieve milestones earlier than the past and fine-tune their preferences for the future [...]
Child abuse is one of the most difficult issues we face as pediatricians and in society. A new study out this month by Boston University School of Medicine sheds some light on one of the most important issues in helping [...]
