Category: Tips

Spring, summer and fall are prime time for tick bites.  While most bites are harmless it is important to be vigilant and to do nightly tick checks on your children.  While tick borne illnesses such as Lyme disease are not a big problem with ticks found in the five boroughs, since many families travel outside…

Children’s favorite ventures usually involve playing in the water. However, we have to make sure it is done safely.  Unfortunately, drowning can occur quickly and in less than 1 inch of water. Death by drowning is among the ten most common causes of death worldwide and children account for 1 in 4 drowning deaths.  Nearly…

Our children love the sun and we recommend lots of outdoor playtime in the summer but we need to make sure that they are able to do so safely. Protecting them from sun damage is one of the steps that are important to ensure a fun and safe summer. Why Should Children Use Sunblock? According…

Measles is one of the world’s most contagious diseases. Until the development of the vaccine about fifty years ago, almost every single person in the United States caught the disease. This meant about three or four million American children came down with measles every single year. Thousands of Americans were hospitalized with complications. Several hundred…

Every year, doctors tell patients to get their flu shot. People may not realize it, but this tiny needle is one of your best health allies. A single shot can help keep your heart healthy, protect everyone around you and even help prevent your newborn baby from getting sick. You Can’t Get the Flu From…

Antibiotics are a modern miracle. Before antibiotics, even the slightest cut could become infected and lead to death or amputation. Many dangerous infections such as pneumonia and strep throat had no effective treatment. Today, thanks to the development of such medications over the last eighty years, doctors can not only treat many highly dangerous infections…

Vaccines Protect Your Children and Everyone Around You The process that we know today as vaccination has been part of humanity for over two centuries. In the late 1700’s, Edward Jenner began the first steps on a path that would eventually save many millions from death and disabling illness. Jenner discovered that he could use…