New AAP Guidelines

New AAP Guidelines

December 7, 2015 marks a huge step for the American Academy of Pediatrics with new guidelines regarding welll visits. I was able to spread the word in Colorado during an interview on Denver 7 news at 10. These guidellines recommend cholesterol screening on ALL...
5-2-1-0 Active Healthy Living Video

5-2-1-0 Active Healthy Living Video

This animated video details the health risks of childhood obesity, and the 5-2-1-0 Healthy Active Living (American Academy of Pediatrics) designed to beat this ongoing national health crisis.  Special thanks to my very good friend Ken Truhan for his awesome job...
Taking the Sting out of Immunization Anxiety

Taking the Sting out of Immunization Anxiety

The hospital or doctor’s office can be a place ridden with anxiety for people of all ages. Children in particular tend to regard the pediatrician’s office or the hospital as a place of impending pain. Even healthy children, the routine well-visits are scheduled in...
The Skinny on Childhood Obesity

The Skinny on Childhood Obesity

Obesity is one of the hottest topics being discussed in pediatric circles right now. And with good reason: it is the most prevalent nutritional disorder among children and teenagers in our country. This epidemic has dramatically ballooned over the past 30 years, from...