Dr. Sue Abell, one of our practicing pediatricians, wrote the following articles for publication in The Daily News over the course of several years. We have collected them here as a resource for parents. The articles provide research-based answers to common questions about children and childhood health.
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- ADHD
- Aggressive Older Child
- Alcoholism and Family Heredity
- Allowances
- Alopecia
- Anorexia and Teenagers
- Aspartame (Nutrasweet) Reaction
- Babies and Bathtub
- Babies and Honey
- Babies and Talcum Powder
- Bed-wetting Alarms
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body Piercing
- Breastfeeding and Allergies
- Breastfeeding, Sweeteners and OTC Medications
- Breastfeeding and Weaning
- Breath Holding Spells
- Carbon Monoxide Detectors
- Care for Canker Sores
- Children Driving ATVs
- Children Teased about Glasses
- Choosing a Dog
- Chronic Back Pain in Children
- Cord Blood Banking
- Correcting the Babysitter
- Cough Medicines
- Creatine in Sports
- Depo-Provera
- Developmentally Delayed Teens in Transition
- Diarrhea Treatment in Children
- Dishes and Lead Poisoning
- Excessive Sweating
- Family Swimming and Children
- Feeding Goat's Milk to Babies
- Fire in College Dorms
- Foldable Scooters
- Hazards of Flavored Cigarettes
- Hazards of Uncooked Eggs
- Helping a Child Grieve
- Helping Your Baby Sleep through the Night
- Highly Sensitive Child
- Holiday Safety and Kids
- Homeschooling
- Inhalant Abuse
- Internet Use
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Lactose Intolerance
- Leaving Children Alone
- Little Boys in Men's Locker Rooms
- Living in the City
- Loud Noises and Hearing
- Lying versus Fantasy
- Measles Vaccine and Autism
- Meningitis
- Methamphetamines
- MSM, DMSO Claims to Help
- Nail Biting
- Nightlights and Developing Eyesight
- Pacifier Use
- Peanut Allergy
- Pertussis
- Picky Eater
- Pinworms
- Poison in Plastic Toys
- Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
- Post-partum Depression
- Potty Training
- Preparing Children for Painful Procedures
- Preschool
- Probiotics
- Protecting your Toddler from Toddlers
- Protection against Bioterrorism
- Protect Yourself and Your Baby from Whooping Cough
- Puberty and Emotions
- Radon
- Safe Use of Swing Sets
- Safety of Fluoride
- Safety of Insect Repellants
- Schizophrenia in the Family
- School Emergencies
- Seafood and Mercury
- Sibling Rivalry
- SIDS - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- SIDS and H. pylori
- Smoking Pot and Cigarettes around Babies
- Steroids and Athletes
- Summer Camp
- Sun Exposure and Vitamin D in Babies
- Taking Medicine
- Teenagers and Depression
- Teens Delaying Sexual Activity
- The Defiant Child
- The Morning After Pill
- The Timid Child
- Tics
- Tic Disorders in Childhood
- Ticks and Lyme Disease
- The Pet that Dies
- Toddlers with Terrors
- When to Keep Children Home from Daycare
- White Grape Juice
- X-rays During Pregnancy