Adolescents, Dr. B's Blog
I often joke with parents that my gynecologic knowledge is limited because most female adolescent patients prefer seeing a woman doctor. However, my daughter suffered with severe cramps, and I learned the following tip from my partner, Promise Ahlstrom, MD. If your...
Adolescents, Dr. B's Blog
In my experience, 90% of girls are not excited when puberty starts. And it’s not just their impending period that’s on their mind. Most girls are happy with the body they have and see no reason for it to change. This uncertainty happens because the physical changes of...
Adolescents, Dr. B's Blog
While every parent hopes his or her teenager will be able to “just say no” when asked to use drugs or alcohol, it’s clear that many adolescents will have difficulty resisting peer pressure. One way to handle this situation is to give teenagers an excuse so it won’t...
Adolescents, Dr. B's Blog
It’s common knowledge that people are usually diagnosed with mononucleosis (mono) during adolescence. This is the reason it’s often referred to as the “kissing disease.” What lots of people don’t know, however, is that about 20 percent of children get mono before age...
Adolescents, Dr. B's Blog
Tetracycline and its derivatives (doxycycline, minocycline) are commonly used to treat acne. I have noticed that dermatologists sometimes forget to warn patients that a severe sore throat may occur if these medications dissolve in the esophagus. This can occur if the...
Adolescents, Conditions, Dr. B's Blog
Most parents know that certain symptoms that can be associated with serious medical conditions. The most common ones are as follows:stiff neck may mean meningitisabdominal pain may mean appendicitisbad cough may mean pneumoniaTesticular torsion is a rare condition...
Strawberry hemangiomas are a collection of tiny capillaries located on the skin. Most resolve without treatment by the time a child is 5 to 10 years.
There is a lag time between being exposed to an infection and coming down with the disease. This time frame is called the incubation period.
Nowadays, doctors and parents need to be more precise in the way they give medicine to kids.
Febrile seizures occur in 3 percent of children between 6 months and 5 years. The seizure is triggered by the rapid rise in temperature that accompanies an illness.
I have made a point of telling new fathers that it’s “normal” for moms to bond to babies before they do.
Despite my confession, it used to drive me crazy to watch my kids gobble up pounds of candy every fall. My wife came up with a perfect solution to our dilemma.
While it helps to have friends or relatives assist you in taking care of the baby, what begins as a 5-minute visit can easily stretch to an hour or more.
Once parents start tummy time, lots of questions come up. How long should it last? How many times a day should we do it?
Cleaning this area often makes parents nervous. I recommend two things to make this easier.
When a person’s stomach fills with food, it triggers a reflex that stimulates peristalsis.