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Why I Don’t Take Parenting Advice From Celebrities

La traduction en français de cet article est ci-dessous     Every few months, I’ll stumble upon something on my Facebook feed about a celebrity, and their opposition to vaccinating their children. When did it become totally mainstream to not vaccinate your kids?   As a mom and a doctor, it really freaks me out…

March 20, 20161 CommentChild and Adolescent HealthBy Talia Zenlea, MD

The Vaccine That Prevents Cancer

HPV? We’ve Got You Covered     There are more than 100 types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) out there, and it’s a VERY common virus that affects both females and males. How common?   About 75% of sexually active Canadians will have at least one HPV infection during their lifetime.   And we have to…

December 16, 2015Leave a commentChild and Adolescent Health, Women's HealthBy Erin Beattie, MD

Project Snowman: Teaching My Kids To Give

How do you teach your kids to give?   The topic of gift-giving has come up recently in my family.   I love seeing the smile on my kids’ faces when they get something they like. That something doesn’t necessarily need to be huge – yesterday my son got a free paper subway and it…

November 17, 2015Leave a commentChild and Adolescent HealthBy Talia Zenlea, MD

What You Don’t Know About Vaccines

Is it OK for doctors to refuse to take care of people who refuse vaccines?     Last week, the journal Pediatrics published a study describing the characteristics of physicians who dismiss families for refusing vaccines. Perhaps most shocking was the finding that 83% of the over 500 physicians surveyed reported that in a typical…

November 8, 2015Leave a commentChild and Adolescent Health, In The News, Overall HealthBy Talia Zenlea, MD

Vaccine Myths, Explained

Busted! Top 3 Myths About Vaccines   In a previous blog post, I talked about a recent study describing the characteristics of physicians who refused to care for families who declined vaccines for their children. I talked about how I suspected it was about something much deeper than just misinformation, or misconception. But I also…

November 8, 2015Leave a commentChild and Adolescent Health, Overall HealthBy Talia Zenlea, MD

The Heavy Burden of Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity, A Heavy Burden   As a pediatrician who treats children and adolescents with obesity, many parents have asked me, “Why is my child obese?”   I have to admit that I don’t have a good answer to this question. It’s not as simple as an imbalance between calories consumed and calories burned. The…

November 7, 2015Leave a commentChild and Adolescent Health, Mental Health, Nutrition, Overall HealthBy Ian Zenlea, MD, MPH

5 Tips for a Safer Halloween

Have Kids? How to Stay Safe This Halloween   Ghouls, goblins and ghosts will soon be upon us! With the candy corn, pumpkins and costumes filling the stores, we know that Halloween is just around the corner. This year, I can’t wait to take my 10-month old trick-or-treating (or rather, me holding him in his…

October 26, 2015Leave a commentChild and Adolescent HealthBy Renee Flick, MD

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Want to Save a Life? Now’s Your Chance

Screw the Flu: Help Protect Ramona   Ramona is my oldest friend in the world – we’ve been friends since birth (seriously!). The pic above is one of us taken sometime in the 80s.       And here’s a recent one of her with her family.   Ramona is maybe the funniest person I…

October 18, 2015Leave a commentChild and Adolescent Health, Overall Health, Screw The FluBy Talia Zenlea, MD

Screw the Flu: Getting the Flu From Your Flu Shot

Think you got the flu from your flu shot? Think again.   Did you know that the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the PHAC (Public Health Agency of Canada) now recommend the flu vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age?   That means you.   The flu vaccine is safe, even…

October 13, 2015Leave a commentChild and Adolescent Health, Overall Health, Screw The FluBy Talia Zenlea, MD

Screw the Flu: 4 Reasons to Get Vaccinated

Want to stop the spread of flu? Get vaccinated.     Did you know that the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the PHAC (Public Health Agency of Canada) now recommend the flu vaccine for everyone over 6 months of age?   That means you.   The flu vaccine is safe, even for…

October 13, 2015Leave a commentChild and Adolescent Health, Overall Health, Screw The FluBy Robyn Scatena, MD
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