Black lettering on a yellow-gold background -- "wear a mask like a pro".
    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…

    Woman's hands near sewing machine. She's making a COVID-19 mask. She needs a simple mask safety test.
    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…

    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…

    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…

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    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
    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
    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?
    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…

    Young Girl Playing in Outdoors Water
    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
    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?
    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…

    Infant child with cleaning chemicals. Dander in a spray bottle!
    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
    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
    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
    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?
    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…

    Colorful plastic bottles of cleaning supplies. Many conventional cleaning supplies are toxic.
    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
    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
    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 …

    Sick little girl taking medicine from a medicine cup. Dosing Spoon Surprise!
    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…