Archive for January, 2008

The PBS show Frontline recently aired a show on the Medicated Child (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild/).  The focus was on children medicated for AD/HD and bipolar disorder.  In interviews with parents and physicians, the show looked at the increasing tendency to medicate even young children for behavior-related disorders. 
 
A question often arises about whether there really are so […]

A commentary by Linda Grant, M.D.
Media reports on MRSA or Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus have been making headlines in the past few months, capturing school administrators and parent’s attention and elevating concerns… However, schools may be more well-prepared than they realize to address his issue. 
 
Schools have experience with minimizing risk of illnesses. Universal precautions […]