Talking to Kids About School Safety

The horror of the Parkland High School shooting continues to linger, and maybe even magnify, as we try to find a way to cope with the heightened worry of sending our children to school each day.  In the foreground are threats to our local schools causing alerts and...

Flu Vaccine: Is it too late?

Want to know what’s keeping us in the office from sun up until well after sundown these days” Many, many (I mean MANY!!!) sick children with flu like symptoms. Some have fever.  Others are coughing and sneezing.  Still others are vomiting and have...

FEVER…a holiday super hero!

  There’s nothing like the holidays to create a perfect incubator for germs.  And nothing like the holidays to create a hero out of a common childhood symptom. We gather together in groups to celebrate with people who may have come from as far away as...

The Chicken Wing – A Tip for Holiday Health

Really? Chicken wings are a ticket to good health? Well not these kind of chicken wings…though they may be oh-so-yummy. Or this kind of chicken wing…though it certainly is very fancy.   I’m referring to this chicken wing.  A chicken wing that stops...