September 26th, 201601477Much work has been done over the last few years on the dangers of sitting. Whilst claims that sitting is the new smoking are way over blown, it is true that in modern...
August 29th, 201601419It is the quintessential motherhood statement to say that it is good for babies to be breast-fed. It is not the purpose of this blog to list the benefits or why we...
July 25th, 201611597It is fascinating to see how the world turns. A lament of many over the last decade or so has been that teenagers and children do not get outside to play and spend too...
June 15th, 201601487When I give vaccinations or other injections, I often see parents investing a lot of their energy in distracting their child. The distraction scenario looks big and...
June 6th, 201601498There is an adage, which says that everything old will be new again. I have previously written about my late mothers take on fashion. If you had a laundry basket big...
May 13th, 201601964If you have been following my series on childhood injections you will be aware of my aversion to holding kids down when they are getting a medical procedure. The...
April 1st, 201601658We presented to the Doctors' surgery right on time. Both of my daughters were having their injections. Neither of them showed any sign of being nervous and immediately...
February 19th, 201602530Larissa was an 8 year old I saw regularly in ED. She had a chronic medical condition that will require regular medical attention for the rest of her life…
When I...
January 30th, 201601504You go to school with an expectation that what you are learning is going to be crucial for you to succeed in life. Yet many of the most important elements are ignored...
Children's Health
