Ticks with a Twist of Lyme
By: Rachael Bilello, DO (MD Kid Care, Jericho, NY) Who doesn’t love the warm weather, playing outdoors with your kids, camping trips, barbeques, vacations…
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Danger: Tide Pod Challenge and Your Children
The Tide Pod Challenge has become a viral social media sensation. Teenagers are eating these laundry pods and posting videos of themselves on social media. They…
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Winter Fire Safety
By: Megan Hays, MSN, CPNP. Peconic Pediatrics (Riverhead & Southold, NY) December, January and February are the most common three months of the year…
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Health safety checklist for the holidays
By: Megan Hays, NP (Peconic Pediatrics, Riverhead & Southold, New York) Tis’ the season … to make a pediatric health safety checklist – and…
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Halloween Safety Tips
Halloween is almost here. We are spending time decorating our homes, schools, and offices. We are planning parties for our kids as well as…
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2017 Solar Eclipse: How to enjoy while keeping your family safe
The Solar eclipse, August 21, is a rare occurrence in the continental United States. Use this opportunity to stimulate your child’s interest in science…
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Summer is here and it’s time to go swimming
Summer is here and it’s time to go swimming. Recently there have been multiple news reports of children dying days to weeks after swimming…
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Button Battery Injuries in Children: A Growing Risk
Button Battery Injuries in Children: A Growing Risk More than 3,000 button batteries are ingested each year in the United States. It may be…
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Lead Exposure: Steps to Protect Your Family
Lead Exposure: Steps to Protect Your Family The most important step parents, doctors, and others can take is to prevent lead exposure before it…
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Call Your Pediatrician First: Urgent Care is Not Always the Best Care
No one knows your child like you, and no one can take care of him or her medically like your pediatrician. An Allied doctor…
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