by Dr. Sarah Seaforth & Dr. Christina Johns Trephination might be the most fantastic word on the planet. PLUS My child’s finger just got shut in the door! What do these two sentences have in common, you ask? A few situations can occur when a finger gets shut in a door. 1. A bruise. Hurts, […]
by Dr. Christina Johns I’m completely paranoid about my kids getting a cut that would require stitches. I’m not sure why, because I put in and take out stitches all the time and can see that: a. while not fun, kids (even really young ones) tolerate the procedure beautifully; b. now with the new skin […]
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By Dr. Merissa Rzonca, PM Pediatrics of Syosset It looks like one of the hot new items on everyone’s holiday shopping list this year is a hoverboard (AKA Swagway, Self-Balancing Electrical Skateboard, mini-Segway, etc.), but – how safe are these? We have seen a number of injuries related to these boards, most recently a compound […]