I should like to tell you today about a better use for the slogan “you’ve come a long way baby” than was previously expressed in an advertising campaign. Many don’t realize that it has only been 30 – 50 years ago that very literally every family had one or two children die in infancy; and […]
This series could eventually become quite extensive as the years go by. We start out with at least 15 back-to-school diseases that are frequently seen. Then we throw in some psychological/emotional and administrative issues and eventually come back to take another look at those same issues almost 5 years laters – to see if anything has changed.
As critical as it is for any child, finding something, somewhere to experience success in, is one of the KEY treatments for ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
Let’s break in our series about ADHD to watch the inspiring story of 12-year-old Pierson Feeney, who has ADHD, discovering his love of dance, traveling to a national dance competition in Las Vegas, and talking about how finding his talent for dance has improved his life.
[A mother wonders if a child’s speech problem could be caused by enlarged tonsils.] (more…)
[Mother confused about headaches and wonders if her fussy daughter is having headaches from her spinal tap as an infant.] (more…)
[For some reason YouTube is no longer serving this page – it’s too bad, but you know YouTube, if they can’t make money….. !]I’ve never watched Ellen but once for about 5 minutes while channel surfing, however while researching for an article about flu shots I ran across this clip which just begs to be […]
Almost six years ago the European alliance of rare disease patient organizations (Eurordis) launched the very first Rare Disease Day – 29th of February – as a bid to merely raise awareness for the challenges faced by rare disease patients, families, health professionals, researchers, members of industry and government stakeholders. (more…)