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The Preventable Complications of Remote Learning (that no one is talking about)

On   /   Coronavirus, Parenting, Uncategorized   /   6 Comments
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We’ve all heard discussion around the potential negative consequences of remote learning, including: Social disconnection Academic loss Socio-emotional & developmental regressions But what about the complications that no one is talking about?  The ones that may be preventable?  The ones that we as parents can actually do

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Why All Kids Need Vitamin D

On   /   Anxiety, Coronavirus, Depression, Flu, Food As Medicine, Functional Medicine, General, Immune Health, Uncategorized   /   7 Comments

Vitamin D – the “sunshine” vitamin – is literally my favorite vitamin in the whole wide world (although technically it’s actually a hormone, not a vitamin). And now, the world is finally giving vitamin D the place in the sun it deserves.  The UK is giving all

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Does Your Child Have PANS/PANDAS?

On   /   Functional Medicine, General, Health Conditions, PANS/PANDAS   /   2 Comments

Could your child have PANS/PANDAS? Do you have a child who was totally “normal” one day, and the next day suddenly has new anxieties, fears, tantrums or rages, OCD behaviors and maybe even tics? Does your toddler have out-of-control tantrums, and your friends and parents think you

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Reopening School in a Pandemic

On   /   Coronavirus, General, Uncategorized   /   62 Comments

As the start of the 2020-21 school year rapidly approaches, many of you have asked how I think schools should re-open. As a pediatrician who has cared for patients with COVID-19, a parent of 2 school-age children, and a mother of 2 children who had COVID-19 (1

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Flying with Kids During a Pandemic

On   /   Coronavirus, General, Health Conditions, Immune Health   /   12 Comments

Who would you give up quarantine for? What would you leave the safety of your home for, expand your social bubble for, even get on a plane for? Maybe you, or your kids are totally stir-crazy and need to make that getaway happen before you drive each

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Kawasaki Disease, ACE-2 & COVID-19: what a pediatrician wants you to know

On   /   Coronavirus, Functional Medicine, General   /   39 Comments

By now, many of you have heard that the UK has issued an “urgent alert” to all British physicians about a rare complication being seen in children called Kawasaki disease (1) – likely linked to COVID-19, upending our previous thoughts that children are “immune” to serious COVID-19

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A Pediatrician’s Pandemic Immune Support Plan: How to Build Immune Resilience

On   /   Coronavirus, Food As Medicine, Functional Medicine, General, Immune Health   /   25 Comments

[UPDATED: August 2021] Many of you have asked me how to support your family’s immune systems with back-to-school during the pandemic. And many of you want to know specifically what I’ve been doing as a holistic pediatrician and mama, for my very own family, so I’m going

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Gratitude & Coronavirus Resilience

On   /   Coronavirus, Meditation, Mindfulness   /   2 Comments

Did you know that Gratitude is actually good for your immune system? College students who performed a “Loving Kindness” gratitude meditation entered into a  sustained physiologic state of calm with increased heart rate variability (HRV), a greater sense of connectedness to others, & increased positive emotions (joy,

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NSAIDS & Coronavirus: should we be worried?

On   /   Coronavirus, General, Health Conditions, Uncategorized   /   10 Comments

Can taking NSAID medications like Ibuprofen (aka Motrin or Advil) really make COVID-19 infection worse?  A possible correlation was noted by Olivier Veran, French Minister for Solidarity & Health, after doctors in France observed that young people presenting with more severe illness may have had NSAID use

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Coronavirus & Social Distancing

On   /   Coronavirus, General, Health Conditions, Parenting   /   3 Comments

Please, mamas & papas & caregivers, help #flattenthecurve … In the US, we are on a trajectory to double COVID-19 cases every 2-5 days. At this pace, patients with serious illness requiring ICU beds will quickly outnumber availability, placing us in the same heart-wrenching situation that Italy

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