Essential oils are the aroma, the essence, of plants like the lavender in this photo.
    Are Essential Oils Essential?

    When it comes to food, the colors you see in plants provide powerful information. They often signal the rich nutrient density of the plant. When you look at a blueberry and see that color, you see del…

    The view from the ACT Telescope in the Andes Mountains.
    Altitude Sickness & The Brain Stage of O2

    Podcast Transcript of Altitude Sickness & The Brain Stage of O2 Dr. Greene: (00:01) Hi, this is Dr. Greene MsGreene: (00:02) and Ms. Greene and greetings from Chile. Hola!. Dr. Greene: (00:06) Hol…

    CT Scans - Normal head CT image.
    CTs, MRIs, Ultrasounds: Differences, Risk & Benefits

    What is a CT Scan? A machine whirs in an arc around a patient, snapping a rapid-fire series of x-rays from different angles. These x-ray snapshots are combined by a computer to produce virtual cross-s…

    Neuron in the brain on blue background. Neurons are key to The Brain Stage.
    The Brain Stage: The Power & Promise of The Cephalic Phase for Health

    Listen to the Podcast or Read the Transcript [00:00:03] Hi I'm Dr. Alan Greene pediatrician and I'd like to talk with you tonight about The Brain Stage. [00:00:10] I remember vividly when I was a pedi…

    Child with cucumbers on her eyes to ease itchy eyes.
    Itchy Eyes: Allergies are Crying Out for Attention

     Itchy eyes often distract kids and decrease their ability to learn new material. If this weren't bad enough, they can cause kids to sleep less well. For some kids, the difference in sleep can make th…

    Fear, Measles, and Protecting our Kids
    Fear, Measles, and Protecting our Kids

    Claims that the MMR vaccine might cause inflammatory bowel disease or autism continue to haunt parents. I'm asked about the connection every week. The group that began the controversy, researchers fro…

    Boy blowing his nose. Stuffy nose and cough for kids.
    Stuffy Nose and Cough Remedies for Kids

    Kids are not small adults. That may seem like something so obvious that it goes without saying. Yet for decades the doses for many medicines, including over the counter cough and cold medicines were s…

    Orange sky from smoke filled air as a result of wildfires. Smoke and asthma treatment are linked.
    Where there’s Fire, there’s Smoke: Poor air quality, smoke and asthma treatment

    The ongoing wildfire season has reached unprecedented levels, surpassing previous records for the size of the affected area. The impact of these fires extends far beyond the immediate vicinity of the …

    Toddler with big ears, sad face and drool. Does he need Garlic Oil for Ear Infections?
    Olive Oil and Garlic for Ear Infection Pain

    Ear infections can hurt! Topical drops can ease the pain while watching to see if antibiotics are necessary. And if antibiotics are needed, while waiting for antibiotics to take effect. A study in the…

    Saving Lives in Nepal with One Heart Worldwide

    Follow this link for more information about One Heart Worldwide and their amazing work for mothers and babies. If you've enjoyed this Podcast, please join us for another @DrGreene and @MsGreene audio …

    Child sitting on a toilet. Your Gut Bacteria Gets Jet Lag Too.
    Your Gut Bacteria Get Jet Lag Too

    Many processes in our bodies are orchestrated on a ~24-hour schedule called the circadian rhythm. Body temperature, heart rate, blood pressure, the immune system, melatonin, and other hormones, alertn…

    Young Asian Girl listening to her teddy bear's heart with a stethoscope. Antibiotic Related ER Visits.
    More than a Quarter Million Antibiotic Related ER Visits

    The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that between the years of 2011 and 2015 nearly 350,000 children in the US were taken to the emergency department for adverse drug events c…

    A pile of button batteries. Swallowed button batteries can be a medical emergency.
    Swallowed Button Batteries and Honey?!

    Button battery ingestion is a big deal. So much so that The National Battery Ingestion Hotline (NBIH) was created in 1982 to study and advise best practices. They look at all types of batteries but sw…

    Red Blood Cells - Decreasing iron Supplements
    Oops. Decreasing iron supplements to every other day.

    For years the standard way to give iron supplements was one dose a day. But when iron supplements are given to treat iron deficiency, only a small amount of the iron is actually absorbed -- 2% to 28% …

    What is the Child-Killing Virus?
    Is There a Kind of Severe Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease?

    Hand-foot-mouth disease can be caused by any of several related viruses, most commonly by one called coxsackievirus A-16. In 2008, an epidemic of one type of severe hand-foot-mouth disease (also known…

    Salmon Greenbeans and Potatoes made in a Brava Oven
    “Easy” is the Secret to Family Meals: Five Tools I Use

    It's no secret. I'm a fan of family meals. Eating together as a family while sitting around a table (in front of a TV doesn't count) has been shown to reduce the odds that kids will be overweight, enh…

    Toddler with big glasses sitting on a potty.
    What’s Your Toddler’s Poop Telling You?

    Picture this scene: A mom walks into my office and pulls out her phone. She scrolls and turns the phone to face me. On the screen is a photo of a previously used diaper. She's concerned because when s…

    Sick Asian boy with caregiver. 2018 the future of flu
    2018: The Near Future of Flu

    The influenza virus continues to be wildly successful at growing and spreading in people around the world because it slightly changes its structure from time to time to avoid our body's detection syst…

    Scrabble Tiles spelling out the word family for famliy games.
    Games, They Do a Family Good

    As a pediatrician, I'm regularly asked for the best developmental tools for kids. Family games are one of my favorite ways to stretch mental abilities and to enjoy time together as a family. Games tha…

    Alan Greene, Jane Goodall, Cheryl Greene -- meeting Jane Goodall
    Meeting Jane Goodall & The Chimpanzees

    After one of the hardest hikes of my life, I stepped into a small clearing and turned to see a full-grown male chimp perched in a tree just above and behind me. He was close enough to attack if he'd w…