by bvip | Dec 5, 2018 | Childhood Illnesses, The Doc is In!
Here’s the one blog you’ll want to share this year — in hopes that we can create a healthier, safer community if more parents read, take note, and oblige. As pediatricians, we get it more than anyone. Kids get sick. Usually at the most inopportune...
by bvip | Mar 7, 2018 | Childhood Illnesses, Health Tips
It’s been a particularly rough cold/flu season across the nation. And whether you and your children were spared from the circulating nasty bugs or spent some miserable days (or even weeks) home with chicken soup in tow, we get sick about 200 times in our lifetime. Of...
by bvip | Apr 25, 2017 | Allergies, Childhood Illnesses, Health Tips, The Doc is In!
Sending a child with food allergies out into the world everyday is a source of anxiety and fear for parents and caregivers.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported that food allergies result in more than 300,000 ambulatory-care visits a year among children under...
by bvip | Feb 27, 2017 | Baby Care, Childhood Illnesses, Health Tips
It should be common sense, right? But sure enough, whether you’re in Boca Raton or beyond, every time you take your baby to the mall, a restaurant, or even for a walk at an outdoor park there is someone who wants to pinch your baby’s cheeks, poke their...
by bvip | Feb 22, 2017 | Childhood Illnesses, Health Tips
{cough, cough} We’d like to explain {cough, cough} all about the lingering {cough, cough} coughs that just {cough, cough} don’t go away. Even reading that sentence was difficult for you because, let’s face it, coughs are just really irritating. When...
by bvip | Jan 6, 2017 | Allergies, Childhood Illnesses
Peanuts can be a scary topic for new parents. Peanut allergies affect 1-2% of children and can be severe and lifelong. Most schools typically have peanut bans or at the very least, peanut-free classrooms or lunch tables. The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and...
