Dr. Ison

The latest research shows that of the small number of children afflicted with peanut allergies approximately 15-22% may outgrow this allergy, often before their teen years.

Babies cry on average one to four hours a day – it is their first form of verbal communication.

Overuse of antibiotics has become a major health problem for children as well as adults. Kentucky has one of the highest rates of antibiotic use in the U.S.

In years past, people believed that an expectant mother’s strong emotions during her pregnancy could “mark” a newborn’s skin.

Newborn babies are strange enough as it is to most new parents. To add to the strangeness, they sometimes are born with or develop strange rashes.

Whooping cough, or pertussis, once killed about 8,000 people, mostly infants and children, each year in the U.S.

Summertime usually means hot and humid weather, with lots of insects, scratches and bites (animal and occasionally human).

As of this year, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that boys, as well as girls, should now be vaccinated against human papillomavirus.

Summer is the traditional time to pack up the kids and head off in search of adventure (or relaxation).

Newborns look and act differently than we do. When new parents bring a newborn home, the experience can be rather unsettling.