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Cell Phones Linked to Brain Tumors
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Dr. Shilpa P. Saxena
Cell phones are here to stay and we knew it the moment we laid hands on our first mobile communication superstar back in the early 1990s. Technology has come a long way from the remote control sized cell phone and getting in touch with someone never seemed so easy. But with everything that society considers…
2011 Car Seat Recommendations
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Dr. Shilpa P. Saxena
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has released new advice regarding the view our little kiddos should have during the first two years of life (in the car that is). In the April 2011 issue of Pediatrics, the AAP is now advising that we should keep children under the age of 2 in a rear-facing…
Is Your Child Doomed for Diabetes?
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Dr. Shilpa P. Saxena
In the Land of Primary Care there are a few medical diagnoses that really scare people like diabetes, and rightfully so. Most people may not realize it is an inflammatory disease caused by poor blood sugar management. (If you haven’t heard the latest buzzword in medicine called ‘inflammation,’ you better understand it soon.) So, diabetes…
Chewable Birth Control Pills- What’s Next?!
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Dr. Shilpa P. Saxena
“Watson Pharmaceuticals has just been granted FDA approval for a chewable low-strength birth control pill.” When I first heard of this, I thought it was a joke! A birth control for people who can’t swallow pills? Anyone who has ever taken birth control pills knows that these “little babies” (pun intended) are easy to…
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