Bottled Water: Summer Tip
    Bottled Water: Summer Tip

    Dr. Greene's take on bottled water... I came across an interesting article in the June 3, 2003 Boston Globe. "Water bottles are not all created equal." The article quotes Ryan Jordan, a biofilm engine…

    Your Child’s Brain
    Your Child’s Brain

    One important way to take care of your child's brain is to protect it from injury. Thankfully, wearing helmets has become common and cool while riding bikes. I hope helmets become just as natural duri…

    Four children blowing bubbles. Children need more play!
    Children Need More Play!

    We know that active play improves school performance, concentration, mood and behavior. We know that obesity in children in skyrocketing. HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson's report, "Physical Activity F…

    Bottled Energy
    Bottled Energy

    I've often heard parents comment, when watching their toddlers or school-aged kids jet giddily around the home (or restaurant), "I wish we could bottle their energy and sell it!" I wish we could, too.…

    Heat Wave
    Heat Wave

    I've been in earthquakes, firestorms, and hurricanes. I've been in a storm cellar when a tornado passed outside. All of these natural disasters are powerful dramas, taking and changing lives where the…

    Verb, It’s What You Do
    Verb, It’s What You Do

    I'm excited about Verb, a new advertising campaign commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The ads are designed to get children up and moving, having active fun. This is …

    Physical Activity Guidelines for Babies through Teens
    Physical Activity Guidelines for Babies through Teens

    As parents, it's our job to teach our kids about the wonders of the great outdoors. It's also important to keep them healthy and safe so they can get the most out of their outdoor experiences. Dr. Gre…

    Exercise Guidelines Out of Touch?
    Exercise Guidelines Out of Touch?

    Experts agree that this is the most sedentary generation of children in history. Computers, television, video games, and long hours seated at school combine to decrease children's activity. (more&hell…

    Refrigerate After Opening
    Refrigerate After Opening

    You're having a great time at a summer picnic, where you've brought some dry-cured salami or country ham. It's been stored for weeks in a cupboard at home, and it traveled in a hot car on the way to t…

    Summer Sun -- Summer Fun or Long-term Foe?
    Summer Sun — Summer Fun or Long-term Foe?

    Dr. Greene's take on how to think about the summer sun... One of my college roommates met a tragic early death from malignant melanoma. He was a sports enthusiast who frequently spent hours unprotecte…

    The Best Way to Remove a Tick
    At Home Tick Removal: The Best Way to Remove a Tick

    According to a recent article in The New York Times, "Rates of Lyme, Zika and exotic new diseases are soaring. Federal officials blame hotter weather, jet travel, forested suburbs and slow vaccine dev…

    Hidden Sun Damage
    Hidden Sun Damage

    Dr. Greene's take on sun damage... Parents often think to apply sunscreens to exposed areas of skin, such as the face, but feel safe about areas under the clothes. Ultraviolet radiation, however, can …

    Kids and Scooters
    Kids and Scooters

    Scooter injuries have skyrocketed since May, sending a total of 27,600 people to emergency rooms (including over 23,000 children), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) rep…

    Sunscreen Prevents Moles
    Sunscreen Prevents Moles

    A study in the June 14th, 2000 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reported that sunscreen reduces the formation of moles in Caucasian children, especially children with fr…

    Baseball Technology Reduces Injuries
    Baseball Technology Reduces Injuries

    The biggest safety concern in baseball is getting hit with the ball. Traditional hardballs have cork centers that are wrapped in layers of wool. Safety baseballs have a polyurethane core and are the s…

    Raccoons Spreading Rabies Nationwise
    Raccoons Spreading Rabies Nationwise

    Rabies is a horrible viral illness that attacks the brain. It is fatal unless rabies shots are given promptly, before symptoms appear. Transmitted through the saliva of rabid animals, rabies is spread…

    Exercise Helping Children With Underlying Medical Condition
    Exercise Helping Children With Underlying Medical Condition

    When children have an underlying medical condition, it is easy for parents and others to treat them as fragile. At the 1999 American College of Rheumatology meeting in Boston, experts reported that ch…

    Could Childhood Obesity be a Genetic Disorder? Yes!
    Could Childhood Obesity be a Genetic Disorder? Yes!

    The July issue of Pediatrics reports convincing evidence (from an investigation of twins growing up in different environments) that up to 80% of the variation in body fat between children is genetic a…

    Trampolines and Summer Fun!
    Trampolines and Summer Fun!

    I fondly remember summer evenings spent jumping on the big trampoline in my neighbor's yard. I also remember the flashing lights as an ambulance carried away an injured friend. (more…)…

    Guidelines for Germ Prevention
    Guidelines for Germ Prevention

    Minimizing the number of disease-causing germs that you are exposed to is easier than you might think. The key to success is knowing where the bugs reside ? at home and elsewhere ? and what to use to …