Safety
Wear A Mask Like a Pro
Wear A Mask Like a Pro - English Hello, this is Dr. Greene - Eat REAL?s Chief Pediatrician He?s here to give you some tips on masks, but first, remember to save N95 masks for health care workers and a…
Simple Mask Safety Test
We're sheltered in place. That's a great thing. But we still need to go out occasionally for the essentials that can't be delivered to our door. That means we need to start wearing masks as one strate…
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…
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…
Does My Child Have a Concussion?
Contrary to what I was taught in medical school, a child does not need to be knocked out, even briefly, to have a concussion. Most concussions do not involve a loss of consciousness. Concussions may n…
How People Got Pepsi to Change its Mind: A Recipe
The last chapter of this story starts with one 15-year-old girl named Sarah Kavanagh, a vegetarian who had gotten into the habit of reading foods labels to be sure there weren't any hidden animal prod…
Another Newtown is Not Inevitable
My heart goes out to the families and friends of those who lost their lives in this horrific tragedy. There are no words that can heal your pain. There is no action that can undo what has been wrongly…
Is Codeine Safe for Children?
More than half a million tonsillectomies are performed each year on children in the U.S. More than sixty percent of those children report significant pain in the days that follow. Acetaminophen with c…
Skin Damage Starts with Your Child’s First Sun Over-exposure
It's taken a long time for science to quantify what mothers have always known: the skin of babies and toddlers is very different from the skin of older children and adults. Babies' skin is softer beca…
Historic AAP Call for Chemical Change
Our primary federal law that governs chemicals in the US today is now as out of date and ridiculous as a 1970s polyester leisure suit. Most people assume that if a chemical is in a common product on t…
Are You Concerned with Food Safety?
The more I study kids, the more I study health, and the more I study the environment, the more I become convinced that how we produce food is central to good health, a sustainable environment, and enj…
Danger in a Spray Bottle: Why It’s Time to Change Our Childproofing Strategy
Dr. Greene's take on the household spray bottle... For years doctors have encouraged parents to store toxic household cleaning products in locked cabinets, out of sight and reach of children. While th…
Fast Facts on Indoor Air Quality
Most of us spend the vast majority of each day indoors, where air quality can be 2-5 times worse than outside. Indoor air quality issues revolve around environmental contaminants such as allergens and…
As Easy as One, Two, Three: Simple Rules to Help Make Choices that are Great for Families and the Environment
You may be surprised to know that, pound for pound, kids eat more food, drink more liquids and inhale more fumes than adults. That's why, according to the EPA, carcinogens in our environment are on av…
Kids and Smoking: Start the Conversations Early
Each day 3,000 kids start smoking. One third of them will die from their addiction. Most preschool children today view smoking as an unhealthy, negative behavior. Somewhere around the time of kinderga…
Is Your Lawn Safe for Your Kids?
Dr. Greene's take on your lawn and how safe it is for your kids... Canada has spoken and lawn and garden pesticides that are commonly used in the U.S. are now banned in most of that nation. I'm glad t…
Safe & Healthy: An important, often neglected, childproofing step
Whether your child is a baby learning to crawl across the floor, a toddler taking tentative steps of independence, or a confident older child, we pediatricians have recommended for years that parents …
Lead: From G.I. Joe to Purses
The story broke on ABC World News with Diane Sawyer. Correspondent and hard-hitting investigative reporter Lisa Fletcher announced that the Center for Environmental Health had tested women's purses fr…
Doctors’ Blind Spot? The Patient
Right before our eyes there's a dark hole in what we see. Not only don't we see some of what's right in front of our face, but we don't even notice the gap. Our illusion of a seamless visual world is …
Dosing Spoon Surprise
Once again, my take is different than that of most. About 70 percent of Americans measure their liquid medicines in kitchen spoons. But when smart college students were asked to pour a real teaspoon o…