24 2026 April
A Few More Minutes a Night Adds Up
From lit up rooms to little screens, humans have countless disruptions to sleep—yet sleep is foundational to health. Poor sleep disrupts growth, development, immune health,...
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08 2026 April
Fiber Recommendations for Kids are Weak. Try These Instead.
When I read medical recommendations on fiber consumption, they hold parents to a low standard, often recommending cereals or spoons […]
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25 2026 March
Is Your Constipation Situation Related to Your Position?
Constipation is one of the most common pediatric complaints. While dietary modifications and medications are certainly mainstays in my toolkit […]
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18 2026 March
How Do You Encourage Your Girls to Stand Up For Themselves?
In honor of Women’s History Month, my kids’ school had a lovely event where friends of the school portrayed various […]
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11 2026 March
Natural Experiment Argues Against Sweetening Unnaturally – From Funcle to Father- The Sixth Installation
During World War II, the United Kingdom engaged in a fourteen year food ration program. As part of that program, […]
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04 2026 March
When Parents of Fur Babies Have Human Babies
Since I am not a dog person, I have to don an extra empathy hat when parents of newborns, often […]
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25 2026 February
Ultra-processed Foods Affect Sperm Health And So Much More. From Funcle to Father. The Fifth Installation
My brother is only three months away from becoming a platonic co-parent. Along this non-traditional but quite deliberate baby-making journey, […]
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18 2026 February
Veganism During Pregnancy and Childhood
A recent cohort study of nearly 1.2 million babies in Israel compared growth trajectories among infants from vegan, vegetarian, and […]
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11 2026 February
Is Manuka Honey Worth The Money? (And What Is It, Anyway?)
Just because I am a doctor does not mean I’m immune to anecdotal pressures. A friend told me she hasn’t […]
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