“You’re going to fall in love with her,” the nurse warned me, as I stood outside my eleven-year-old patient’s room ready to wake her up for surgery pre-rounds at 5:30 a.m. I offered back a tired smile and knocked on the door timidly. “Naomi?” I whispered. To my surprise, I was greeted with a chirpy… Read More »
Ready or not, here they come! The holidays, with all their festivities, are just around the corner. Whether you’re hosting a family event or attending one, planning for the season can help make things much less stressful. Take hearing loss, for example. According to our survey of more than 200 individuals, half of the family… Read More »
What’s worse? Prenatal exposure to antidepressant medications or exposure to maternal depression? Hutchison and colleagues observe that worse executive functioning was observed in the 6-year-old children of mothers with higher levels of depressive symptoms. Prenatal exposure to SSRIs did not have any significant impact on executive functioning. Ruta Nonacs, MD PhD A 6-year longitudinal… Read More »
The Children’s Place has issued a recall of some infant snowsuits because the metal snaps can detach posing a choking hazard to young children. The children’s clothing retailer issued the recall on Tuesday for more than 15,000 snowsuits sold in the United States and Canada from August 2018 to November 2018. The recall involves girls’ infant snowsuits sold in infant sizes 0… Read More »