Back to School: Preventing Bullying & Intervening to End It
by Nisha Wadwha, MD PGY 1 As the final days of summer approach us and a new school year sets in, parents, teachers, and students are beginning to gear up for classes, homework, and extracurricular [...]
Zika Virus – Global Health Matters
by Shaheen Harandi, PL-1 Many countries in the world are currently feeling the impacts – and the fear - of Zika virus. Almost unheard of before the outbreak in Brazil last year, the virus is [...]
Thoughts from a Nursery Pediatrician during World Breastfeeding Week 2016
by Eric Fein, MD New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof said it best: “Can you name a miracle food that is universally available, free, and can save children’s lives and maybe even make them smarter?” [...]
Carson Kids Health Fair
The Carson Kids Health Fair was a complete success. Harbor Pediatrics residents gathered hundreds of dollars of donated school supplies for kids who spent their summer at Mills Park in Carson, California. There were backpacks, [...]
July is Craniofacial Awareness Month
by Daniel Yu, PGY-2 July is Craniofacial Awareness Month: Oral-facial clefts are birth defects involving the lip or the roof the mouth (known as the palate) or both. Oral-facial clefts occur in approximately 1 in [...]
Making helmets cool again – Wear a helmet, save your melon
by Alaa Shaban, M.D. PGY 2 Summertime is here! It’s time to dust off the bikes, wax those skateboard wheels, and pull out the roller blades. That also means bringing out the old helmet, [...]