Tag: harvard health
member name: Claire McCarthy, M.D., Harvard Medical School
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September 25, 2007 12:58 PM EDT --
These days, I’m doing something in my pediatric practice that I didn’t plan on doing: I’m giving medications to children with attention problems.
When I started working in pediatrics . . .
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May 22, 2007 12:42 PM EDT --
As a pediatrician, I am a big fan of breastfeeding. There is overwhelming data to show that not only is it great for the health of babies, it’s great for the health of moms -- and that’s on . . .
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July 24, 2007 12:29 PM EDT --
We hear about the epidemic of childhood obesity on the news so much these days that it’s easy to stop paying attention. We hardly listen when they tell us, yet again, about the scary statistics. . . .
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March 18, 2008 01:55 PM EDT --
My parental resolution for this year is to do a better job of talking about sex with my children.
It's not that I've done a bad job—at least I don't think I have. I'm a pediatrician, . . .
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September 23, 2008 09:47 AM EDT --
When my eldest, Michaela, was a toddler (she’s 17 now), I felt ahead of the game when it came to potty training. After all, I was a pediatrician. A brand new pediatrician, perhaps, but I’d learned . . .
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March 30, 2009 01:20 PM EDT --
Students aren’t allowed to use cell phones (including sending text messages) during school hours at the high school my two oldest children attend. So Zack, my 16-year-old son, has learned how to type . . .
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November 28, 2007 10:19 AM EST --
The recent news coverage about the lead paint on toys has made me think of a conversation I once had with a woman I’d always thought of as a sensible person and a great mom. She told me . . .
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May 20, 2008 02:18 PM EDT --
It's a sad commentary on our society that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) had to issue a report reminding parents and doctors that it's important for children to play.
The report, . . .
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June 01, 2009 11:06 AM EDT --
If you are the parent of a teen, you have lived this scenario many times: You say something to teen. Teen doesn’t hear you because he is listening to an mp3 player playing loudly into earphones. . . .
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November 25, 2008 02:41 PM EST --
I was looking through this month’s Pediatrics , the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and two articles caught my eye. One showed that exposure to violence in the media was linked with . . .
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February 03, 2009 04:05 PM EST --
Being a parent is one of the toughest jobs in the world. We hear this so often that it has nearly become a cliché—and when things become clichés, it’s easy to forget that they are true.
Think . . .
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July 22, 2008 12:12 PM EDT --
Most people pick their pediatrician based on recommendations (and, these days, based on who their insurance will cover). After all, if they are recommended, they must be good, right? Generally, yes. . . .
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