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Danger of lead demands vigilance
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's decision to lower the standard for blood lead toxicity to 5 micrograms per deciliter was based on accumulated evidence that even the lowest levels of lead have devastating effects on the developing...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Parents must play a role in preventing childhood obesity
As physicians who treat overweight children in Maryland daily, we strongly support the views expressed by Horizon Foundation CEO Nikki Highsmith Vernick in her recent commentary on childhood obesity ("A healthier way to snack," May 15). We urge parents to...Tags: Parenting, Overweight, Healthy Diet, Weight, Family
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Maryland doctors probe old cases for lead exposure
A day after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cut in half the threshold for determining lead exposure in the nation's children, pediatricians faced the task of identifying new cases from thousands of their old files.
The...Tags: Disease Prevention, Hospitals and Clinics, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pediatrics, Arts
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High school athletic trainers do more than you might think
As a certified athletic trainer at Archbishop Spalding, T.J. Morgan considers himself fortunate. He has never had to deal with a catastrophic situation in 14 years of administering to Cavaliers student-athletes. Such situations are rare, but should he...
Tags: Heart Failure, College Baseball, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, NASCAR, Health and Safety at School
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Time to get tough on vaccine refusal
Throughout the United States, a potentially lethal war is erupting. It is a war that puts millions of innocent lives in danger and undermines the centuries-long sacred bond between physicians and patients. This is a war between pediatricians and...
Tags: Disease Prevention, Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pediatrics
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MD lawmakers pass legislation to beef up child safety seat law
State lawmakers have passed legislation pushed by Maryland doctors that will change the state's child safety seat laws. The law requires children under the age of 8 to sit in a child car safety seats unless they are 4'9" or taller. The bill, pushed by...
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For many parents, books that can be held are still the first choice
Jo Keller relies on her Kindle when she travels so she can forgo lugging hardback books, but when it comes to her children's reading habits, she feels differently.
She has squirreled away many of the books she read as a child growing up in England and is...Tags: Bowie, Technology, Amazon Kindle, Books and Magazines, Literature
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Letter: Sharfstein's caution and desire for more data on marijuana is warranted
I am surprised that the Towson Times (Feb. 15) would endorse the medical marijuana bill favored by state Del. Dan Morhaim (HB1158) and not endorse the medical marijuana bill (HB1024) favored by Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, secretary of the Maryland Department...Tags: Documentary (genre), Schizophrenia, Recreational Substance Use, Glaucoma, Medical Marijuana Therapy
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Women who breastfeed have healthier kids and enjoy healthier lives
I applaud the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene's move to improve supports for breastfeeding women and their babies, both in the hospital and following discharge ("Maryland seeks to improve support for mothers to breast-feed," Feb. 11)....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pediatrics, Family, Ear Infection, Diabetes
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More youth play isn't a winner for everybody
Over the past 50 years, we have gone from major league athletes with offseason jobs to young athletes with, often, no offseason at all, from parents sticking their heads out the back door to call their children home from play to parents rushing out the...Tags: Concerts, Philosophy, Psychology, Medical Specialization, Music
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Teen sexting: Not as common as you think
Perhaps a cell phone makes a good Christmas gift for a pre-teen after all.
The latest study on the use of sexually explicit text messages and email by youngsters — a practice referred to as "sexting" — reveals that it's not nearly as...Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Medical Specialization, Laws, Blackmail and Extortion, Pediatrics
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Dr. Sherman Robinson
Dr. Sherman Samuel Robinson, a retired pediatrician who had been the athletics physician for Severna Park High School, died of cancer Monday at his Edgewater home. He was 79.
Born in Pittsfield, Mass., and raised on Staten Island, N.Y., he earned a...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pediatrics, Healthcare Provider, Diseases and Illnesses, Georgetown University
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