Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: November 18, 2021
Those little bits of enamel long-forgotten may hold the answers to a plethora of unanswered questions about those critical months surrounding the b...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: November 3, 2021
Our sedentary lifestyles are shortening our lives and launching our children into adulthood burdened with a raft of health risks they could possibl...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: October 12, 2021
Recently, a professor of molecular and cellular biology at Harvard University discovered a specific set of neurons in the mouse brain that controls...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: September 17, 2021
Articulating a national goal that covers both communities where the response to the pandemic has been less thoughtful and robust along with states ...
News
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: September 17, 2021
It may be that after years of sitting in front of a video screen, too many children have settled into the role of being spectators and find the ene...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: September 2, 2021
I suspect we will find that pediatric “long haulers” and their adult counterparts do not differ in most respects.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: August 24, 2021
If we think nutrition and physical activity are important components of our children’s educations then we must make the time necessary to provide t...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: August 12, 2021
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 mask...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: August 11, 2021
Reappraisal is an intervention that encourages individuals to think differently about their current situation in hopes of improving their emotional...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: July 27, 2021
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 pande...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: July 2, 2021
Teachers are nearly twice as likely to experience job stress and almost three times as likely to experience depression than the general adult popul...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: July 1, 2021
Maybe if we worked harder to foster and support two-parent families the drag of economic disadvantage would be reduced.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: June 1, 2021
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 ...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: May 19, 2021
For the children who have always been a bit ambivalent about school either because they were anxious in social situations or because they found the...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: May 4, 2021
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.
