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A long look at long haulers
I suspect we will find that pediatric “long haulers” and their adult counterparts do not differ in most respects.
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Not so fast food
If we think nutrition and physical activity are important components of our children’s educations then we must make the time necessary to provide...
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Masking in school: A battle of the op-eds
Vaccination should continue to be considered our primary tool in prevention and control of COVID-19, and children need to be in school. As for...
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Reappraisal as a way to cope with pandemic news
Reappraisal is an intervention that encourages individuals to think differently about their current situation in hopes of improving their...
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Nowhere to run and nowhere to hide
My standard recommendation of a time-out can be difficult to follow for a family of six living in a three-room apartment, particularly during...
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A pediatrician wonders about the influence of an unhappy teacher
Teachers are nearly twice as likely to experience job stress and almost three times as likely to experience depression than the general adult...
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The challenge of poverty to health and success: What should pediatricians do?
Maybe if we worked harder to foster and support two-parent families the drag of economic disadvantage would be reduced.
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Rethinking your journey to work every day
The pandemic has been a wake-up call for many of the fortunate folks who have found that they can work from home, eliminating what may have been a...
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Coping with postpandemic school hesitancy
For the children who have always been a bit ambivalent about school either because they were anxious in social situations or because they found...
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Tragic consequences of ignorance for everyone
If the child’s parent’s were famous the message that swaddling a child who can turn over is dangerous might have gotten more attention.
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The risk of risk avoidance
The person whose primary focus is on avoiding any risk often shuts off the process of creative thinking and problem solving.
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The cost of pediatric specialization
It turns out that the lifetime earning potential of most pediatric subspecialists falls significantly behind that of general pediatricians.
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Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is the answer to childhood obesity
We can agree that a more active lifestyle that includes spells of vigorous activity is important for weight management.
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Dialing back pandemic screen time
How should parents, and those of us who advise them, begin to restructure sensible and enforceable guidelines for screen time given the sea change...
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The siesta solution
The ability to take daytime naps and reap their cardiometabolic benefits is not just luck but has a significant genetic component, says Dr....