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Do I Need To Buy Organic Food for My Kids?

Do I Need To Buy Organic Food for My Kids?

TweetIn many of our local supermarkets, there is a section of organic produce in addition to produce that is traditionally farmed. For those of us selecting and preparing food for our families, we often wonder what items, if any, we should purchase with the organic label.  When I shop, I typically choose traditionally farmed foods [...]

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Warts Are Gross. Here’s What To Do.

TweetThe common wart is a pesky bump on the surface of the skin. Although typically not harmful, warts can be very bothersome. And most kids and parents agree… Ewwww! Warts are gross.  When a child happens to get a common wart, families have 2 questions: How to prevent, and how to remove. First, how to [...]

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Texting at Night: Teens, Smartphones, and Sleep

Tweet I visited with 5 charming teenagers last week. Four of them had something in common: These teenagers are texting in the middle of the night, nearly every night.  Texting in the middle of the night is not a new phenomenon. Over 2 years ago, reports on teenagers texting at night began to surface. One [...]

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“I am Pro-Polio.”

TweetMy heels clicked on the marble floor.  Click, echo, quiet. Click, echo, quiet. Click, echo, quiet. The halls of the Senate building are nothing but white. The marble of the floor, walls, and ceiling seemingly create tunnels of living history. The cracks and bends of the facade seem to whisper the names of the thousands [...]

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Popularity Contest: The 10 Best

TweetAnother “Best of…” list? Really? Gimme a break – I’ve been on vacation!  Whether you consider this the last list of 2012, or the first of 2013; I offer you a list of my most popular posts of the year. Be sure to take a peek at the ones you missed.  The Alterna-Milks: My “milk [...]

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Best Patient Quotes of 2012

TweetOne thing can be assured when working with children and their families – you will hear a lot of funny stuff. Here are my top quotes of the year, as spoken by my charming patients and their families. (Details have been changed to protect the innocent.) A visibly overwhelmed dad came for an urgent care [...]

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I Hate Measles: A Summer Project for Shot@Life

Tweet I am very proud of this video announcing the amazing results of my summer philanthropy project. Over the 12 weeks of summer, I partnered with my patient families to support ShotAtLife. This vaccine advocacy group allowed us to have a way to actively respond to the measles epidemic that affected our Kansas City community.  In [...]

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