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  • Should I let my teen use creatine?

    If your teenager is involved in youth sports, you’ll likely hear about the nutritional supplement creatine. This product, available in powder or capsule form, is very popular among high school athletes. Studies have demonstrated that approximately 35 percent of middle and high school boys use creatine to improve their athletic performance.

  • Get to know Dr. Patricia Wheeler, pediatric geneticist at Arnold Palmer Hospital

    You could say that a pediatric geneticist is a modern-day Sherlock Holmes, working to solve the mystery of a child’s medical condition. Geneticists work with families to help determine whether a child’s illness could be caused by a change in a child’s DNA, the hereditary material that carries a person’s genetic information. Accompanied by a team of professionals, a geneticist also helps figure out whether this disorder is likely to be passed on to future generations and helps patients and families seek the best care for their condition. Some common inherited disorders that geneticists diagnose include autism, neurofibromatosis, Down syndrome, sickle cell disease and many more.

  • How clinical trials make a difference in the lives of kids with cancer

    This September is Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month. To truly understand how important this awareness month is to all pediatric oncology patients and their families, it’s important to recognize some of the key statistics regarding pediatric cancer. 

  • Get to Know Dr Xiomara Santos

    It’s not very often that we have time to get to know the doctors who take care of us. They’re busy, and we’re focused on whatever issue has brought us to them as a patient. But sometimes it’s helpful to be reminded that the doctors who take care of us are people just like us, and it’s fun to get to know them on a more personal level.

  • Performing Surgery in the Womb

    A recent article in The New York Times brought awareness to the burgeoning field of surgery being performed on patients still inside the womb. The article chronicles the path of Joshuwa and Lexi Royer, a young couple from Texas who found out at their 13-week ultrasound that their son had spina bifida. As it turned out, the defect was severe, so the Royer’s traveled to Houston to hear more about the option of surgery.

  • Is your child with autism spectrum disorder entitled to music therapy services?

    If you have a child with autism, you may find they are especially in tune with certain elements of music like rhythm, harmony, melody, and pitch. Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often demonstrate exceptional skills in music. In fact, many musical skills that are rare within the general population are more common in those with ASD. Examples include incredible accuracy in singing or playing musical notes, the ability to recall melodies with great accuracy, and the ability to name musical notes without any reference to a musical instrument.

  • How our multi-disciplinary Epilepsy Surgery Team can help kids with seizures

    Epilepsy is the 4th most common neurological disease in the nation. In fact, 1 in 26 people will be diagnosed with epilepsy at some point in their lifetime. That’s why November is Epilepsy Awareness Month. It is a chance to teach others what a seizure is, and is not.

  • The Lost Art of Play

    As a parent, you want the best for your child, but sometimes it is hard to know what is best when it comes to balancing scheduled activities and play time.  While activities such as little league and music groups can provide children with structure, discipline, and increasing independence, over-scheduling can leave kids feeling anxious and pressured to constantly perform.  Free play is not only a time when children can relax and have fun but it is vital to a child’s growth and development.  In the hustle and bustle of life for today’s children, the art of play is seemingly lost.  

  • Learning disabilities: what are they and what can we do about them?

    The term “learning disability” is thrown around pretty loosely these days, yet it’s hard for most of us to come up with an accurate definition of what is actually meant by those words. It’s important for parents to have some idea, though, of what learning disabilities are and what can be done about them. This knowledge will equip you to recognize a problem and get the appropriate help in a timely manner if your child does suffer from a learning disability. 

  • What to do about bedwetting

    You know the drill because it happens over and over and over again. You walk into your child’s room, and you can usually smell it before you even see it, and you think, “Uggh, he’s wet the bed AGAIN.” You start your day with the additional loads of laundry that you don’t have time for, a crying child who can sense your frustration and is overcome with embarrassment and the sinking feeling that you must be doing something wrong for this to continue happening.