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Summer safety tips that can be used all year long
June 08, 2021
Summer safety tips that can be used all year long
If you ask the average person what summer means to them, they'll tell you about sunny weather, lazy days at the beach, and vacations with the family.
COVID vaccines and our children
May 31, 2021
COVID vaccines and our children
Vaccination is a medical decision, and the practice of medicine involves evaluating risk versus benefit, with the overarching ethos that physicians must first do no harm.
May 18, 2021
What you don't know about asthma could kill your children
Asthma is perhaps one of the most common illnesses in children. It is one of the most common reasons for accessing care at pediatric emergency rooms, urgent care facilities, and pediatric offices.
Children and COVID
May 03, 2021
Children and COVID
There is an increasing number of children presenting to the emergency section of Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) with COVID-19 symptoms, including a COVID-positive infant who was recently admitted to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis.
Fever 101: A primer for parents
March 30, 2021
Fever 101: A primer for parents
As a pediatrician, the most common complaint I get from parents is, "Doc, my baby has a fever." While fever is the most common reason parents take their sick children to the doctor, the fact is many parents know very little about fever, what causes it, or what to do when it happens. With the ...
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March 04, 2021
We need to act now to protect Caribbean children and young people
We, Caribbean Pediatricians supported by the Healthy Caribbean Coalition community, are deeply concerned about the health and wellness of our region's children and young people. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic the lives of our children and young people have been turned upside down; the way that they learn, socialize, play, eat, move and ...
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Pediatrics is more than just immunizations
January 12, 2021
Pediatrics is more than just immunizations
When most people think about taking their child to the pediatrician's office, they think of it in the context of immunizations on one end of the spectrum, and runny noses and fever on the other end. However, any pediatrician can tell you that there are a whole lot of important things in between. A pediatrician ...
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Antibiotics or nah
November 10, 2020
Antibiotics or nah
Your child has a fever, runny nose and glassy eyes. You rush her to the pediatrician, eager for the magic antibiotic that will wipe out the bad bugs and return her to her happy, healthy self, but (plot twist) your doctor doesn't prescribe an antibiotic, and you're sent home empty-handed (gasp)! As hard as this ...The post Antibiotics or nah? appeared first on The Nassau Guardian.
Disease takes root amid fetid India floodwaters
September 17, 2014
Disease takes root amid fetid India floodwaters
Doctors in the flood-ravaged Himalayan region of Kashmir said Wednesday that they were seeing outbreaks of gastroenteritis among people crowded into shelters after their homes were inundated two weeks ago...
Relinquishment of Title
November 21, 2014
Relinquishment of Title
The Miss Bahamas Teenager Organization regrettably announces that Miss Rhodesia Johnson has relinquished her titled effectively November 14th 2014. The organization wishes Miss Johnson all the best in her endeavors...
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