Dr. Gwenn’s Huffington Post Blog
Last week’s American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) recommendation over Statin drug use in kids is still creating a firestorm. Over the weekend, Tara Parker-Pope at the NYT posted about her thoughts on why the AAP came up with such an [...]
This week’s controversial recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to put kids 8 years of age and older on Statins has rocked the parenting and medical worlds to the core, and for a few good reasons: 1. This [...]
I learned about the FDA black box warning on Cipro yesterday from a friends who emailed me asking “isn’t this one of the antibiotics used for ear infections?” Great question because it is – at least in drop form. Many [...]
We give medications to our kids for many reasons and by in large medications are safe. But, medication reactions do sometimes develop and many parents do worry a great deal about this – especially if they’ve had a drug reaction [...]
With the call for a ban on food dyes, I couldn’t help but wonder if the dye is causing the behavior or the expectation of the behavior is being blamed on the dye? We’ve all experienced wild behaviors in our [...]
It’s over the counter or on the shelf of a store so it must be ok, right? Not so fast. There is a false sense of security created by being able to drive to the local store and just grab [...]
Appearances can be deceiving. How often have you met someone and they end up not being at all the person you thought they were? How often have you planned a trip or an outing only to have it be totally [...]
Before I leave the “when to medicate” world, it’s important to touch on the concept of “just in case” medications. There are times medications are utilized that way. For example, medications are used preventively for asthma and allergies and even [...]
We know that too much medication is a poison. We know that cleaning materials ingested are poisons. Why, then, is it so difficult for too many parents to understand that smoke is, indeed, a poison? A Yahoo! story this week [...]
Some weeks the news falls into themes. This week it seems to be the theme of medications and part and parcel with that is safety. This week is National Poison Control Week. Do you know what to do for an [...]
