Many healthy babies have small dimples on their lower backs. A mother who had just graduated from nursing school came to my office hours chat this week at DrGreene.com. Her baby had one of these sacral dimples. Her pediatrician told her not to worry about it and ordered an ultrasound in two weeks. Of course [...]

I applaud the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and the Produce for Better Health Foundation for calling attention to what American kids are learning about apples on television cereal commercials. Some advertised cereals do not improve the diets of American kids. With all of the delicious healthy foods available, I see no good reason for kids [...]

A July 2005 study by the Environmental Working Group tested newborns for the largest number of chemicals ever. The analysis found an average of 200 industrial chemicals, pollutants, and pesticides already present at the moment of birth . in the umbilical cord blood. No hunger is more intense than the hunger for oxygen. For babies [...]