Tips to Prevent Illness and Injury During Your Summer Getaway. Every summer the emergency department fills up with travelers– families far from home with vacation plans gone awry. We see children with high fevers, vomiting, broken bones, burns, poison ivy, and infected insect bites. But with a few tricks and a bit of preparation, youRead more
MyCatholicDoctor Offers Support for High-Risk Pregnancy, Traumatic Delivery and NICU Infants Trinity Sunday, on June 12, 2022, began with blood. Not the blood of the Passion or the Precious Blood of the transubstantiation at Holy Mass. In fact, I did not even make it to Mass that Sunday. Trinity Sunday began with my blood hemorrhagingRead more
The Poop on Abdominal Pain. A day in the pediatric ER never passes without a story like this: A child develops severe abdominal pain, the crying child is rushed to the ER, and I examine the child and pronounce that the patient is full of poop. Yes, constipated. The baffled parents and embarrassed child seemRead more
Summer is approaching, and every year the summer arrives with full force in my ER: cuts, ticks, poison ivy, infected bug bites, sun burns, eye injuries, broken bones, and all other kinds of summer fun gone wrong. Luckily, you can easily treat or prevent much of the summer craziness if you are prepared. Being preparedRead more
What are the FACTS on childhood obesity? Childhood obesity more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years Age 6-11 years: obesity increased from 7% in 1980 to 18% in 2012 Age 12-19 years: obesity increased from 5% in 1980 to 21% in 2012 In 2012, more than 1/3 ofRead more
You really can get your baby to sleep through the night. You can sleep too. There are some simple methods that have worked for parents for years. But recently some people suggested that teaching infants to fall asleep is bad for their brains– that it teaches babies “learned helplessness.” I don’t think so. “Learned helplessness”Read more
Luke 18:16 – But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” General speaking, torticollis is an abnormal position of the head and neck. The word “torticollis” comes from the Latin words tortus,Read more
Happy Fall! 🍂 Fall means it’s time for school routines, pumpkins, crockpot meals, and…Fall sports seasons! Maybe your family is getting back into sports after an extended break during the pandemic or you’re trying out a sport for the first time! Either way, it is important to discuss children’s wellness and injury prevention to keep upRead more
Does the rapidly evolving field of food allergies leave you confused? With all the articles about infant feeding out there, how is a parent to know what to actually feed their babies? During this webinar, Dr. Sweeney reviewed the current recommended strategies to prevent both food allergies and celiac disease. She also discussed the strategiesRead more
