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Whooping Cough Is 23 Times More Frequent in Unvaccinated Children
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 3:45 pm PDT
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Nowadays, many parents are not letting their children get vaccinated for childhood diseases such as whooping cough (pertussis) and measles. Some of these parents have heard the (very much mistaken) claim that…Read More
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Overweight Infants and Kids Not so Cute
Posted By Simeon Margolis, M.D., Ph.D. - Fri, Sep 08, 2006, 3:36 pm PDT
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Every time you look at a newspaper, you read about obesity. And everywhere you look, you see fat people. Now we're supposed to worry about chubby babies?The increase in overweight children over age 2 has been…Read More
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