Dr. Ison

School has started. The scholars are back to learning, and the germs are once again starting to spread.

Vitamin D deficiency in children in the U.S. is on the rise. According to the CDC, it is now thought that 7% of males 12 and above are at risk of deficiency. So are 11% of females 12 and above.

Parents often wonder when their children should be taken to an emergency department.

It’s summertime and the living is supposed to be easy. This is the traditional time for picnics, swimming and playing outdoors.

Toddlers are more independent and have greater imaginations than infants.

Children get hurt. They also get sick. These things are a part of childhood.

Allergic rhinitis, also known as “hay fever,” has nothing directly to do with hay and is not accompanied by a fever.
The most common chronic disease of childhood, it may affect up to 25% of U.S. children.

Sleepwalking, or somnambulism (its fancy Latin-derived medical name), is fairly common – up to 18% of the population does it at some point.

If you still doubt whether vaccines work, consider the case of rotavirus.

I have been a pediatrician for more than 20 years now. My editor has asked me to write about how and why I practice pediatrics. Here goes.