Conversations… | with Dr. Greene

Holidays are upon us and many families are enjoying coming together to celebrate. For those with serious nut allergies, a holiday kiss may be an unsuspected danger. The November 2005 death of Christina Desforges, the Canadian teenager who died after kissing her boyfriend who had earlier eaten a peanut butter sandwich, has brought this issue [...]

I.m thankful that choosing organic foods can quickly and profoundly reduce children.s exposure to toxic pesticides. On September 1, 2005, Chensheng Lu at School of Public Health at Emory University, along with colleagues at the CDC.s National Center for Environmental Health and at the University of Washington, released an important study that will soon appear [...]

Imagine for a moment the sound of 3 hours with a peaceful, happy baby. And imagine the opposite! About ¼ of babies will experience colic, defined as at least 3 hours of crying per day on at least 3 days of the previous week. Several factors, such as exposure to cigarette smoke, have been proven to [...]

When a baby is admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), life can be quite stressful for the baby . and for the parents. Mothers often report that being separated from their babies, especially not being able to hold their babies, is particularly stressful. Researchers at University Hospital, Linkög, Sweden wondered whether encouraging skin-to-skin [...]