Raising kids is never easy, but just when you feel there is less to worry about as they exit the baby stages and younger years, you find that the opposite spectrum of childhood — the teen years — are just as challenging. We asked Graham Snyder, MD, emergency medicine physician and medical director of WakeMed […]
Have a safer holiday season this year by keeping the following tips in mind! #1 – Decorate Your Tree with Your Children in Mind. Children are curious and will want to play with the ornaments on the tree, so you might as well be prepared. Move the ornaments that are breakable or have metal hooks […]
This weekend, kids and parents will be negotiating the aisles of stores, rummaging through the play clothes and raiding mom’s costume jewelry and make-up to construct the perfect Halloween costume. Growing up we all had the costume made out of a cardboard box that would not allow us to turn, bend, walk or even see […]
Having been an orthopaedic surgeon for the past 11 years specializing in trauma surgery, I have treated many different types of injuries – some of which still amaze me. However, I have come to expect the cause of the many severe injuries. The biggest injury offenders are: Trampolines are notorious for causing injures, including fractures […]
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