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Shilpan of Success Soul recently wrote a great post compiling some ways to supercharge your brain. This sparked some debate at the notion that hugging a stranger would help your brain.  He was called a “Tree-Hugging Hippie” for this radical idea that touch can be helpful for our well being. Well Shilpan, you were right [...]

This is a continuation from yesterday’s post: The Healing Powers of Music If you didn’t read it go back and listen to Mitsuko Uchida playing Mozart. Or even if you have, go back and listen to her again. She’s amazing. Anyway the fascinating story that followed the melodious music was about Dr. Claudius Conrad, a [...]

Yesterday, as I was driving in my car I turned on the radio. I had just come off a busy clinic and needed to calm down. All morning long I moved fast, seeing this wheezing patient first- to get the neb treatment going and then jumping to the next room to exam the newborn and [...]

The labs are back and it looks like Jake is allergic to eggs- if the vomiting and wheezing weren’t enough of a clue- the blood test confirms it. But surprisingly he also shows a possible allergy to wheat and milk. Hmmmm…what do you do with children who are allergic to eggs, wheat and milk? As [...]

Hi Dr. Cason, My 18-month old burned his fingertip on some hot glue the childcare workers were using for an arts and crafts project. (I have already written a very heated letter to the proper administrators informing them of my horror at hot glue being used with toddlers.) Anyway, his fingertip is white and swollen. [...]

When you’re a pediatrician you just have to expect that you’re going to be talking about the same thing over and over and over. I don’t mind. It’s the patients and their families that make it fresh. I’ll keep giving the same info because I know it’s the first time time my families have heard [...]