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Healthy Relationships and Children

Children begin to learn about interpersonal relationships as early as infancy. It begins with understanding the roles their caretakers play in their lives. As they grow up, children’s knowledge of...

Published on February 12, 2024

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A smart, snappy reader wrote to me asking if I was planning on discussing the preponderance of “prescribing unnecessary medications” given my recent entry on drug reactions. Not ever being...

Published on April 6, 2016

Illness Prevention & Management

A Tale of Two Immune Reactions

Here’s a hard hitting topic right out of the gate. Allergies are weird. General statement. Did you think I was talking about seasonal allergies? I guess those are sort of...

Published on April 3, 2016

Illness Prevention & Management

PM Pediatrics names Christina Johns, MD, MEd, FAAP as Senior Medical Advisor of Practices

— Leading Pediatric Urgent Care Provider Announces Launch of New Blog, Dear Dr. Christina —LAKE SUCCESS, NY – March 30, 2016 – PM Pediatrics, one of the nation’s largest providers...

Published on March 30, 2016

Injury Prevention & Management

Take the Stress Out of Stitches - as featured in Hudson Valley Magazine

by Dr. Christina Johns Senior Medical Advisor, PM Pediatrics I’m completely paranoid about my kids getting a cut that would require stitches. I’m not sure why, because I put in...

Published on March 30, 2016

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Hello to You from Me

Hello to you from me! Pretty excited to share my inaugural blog entry as senior medical advisor for PM Pediatrics! I hope we’re going to share a cool journey, filled...

Published on March 30, 2016

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Thanks for ruining Christmas, hoverboards - as featured in The Washington Post

Zoooooooooooom, crash. What was that? The sound of Christmas 2015? We definitely saw this coming. Every list of top gifts ranked the two-wheeled scooter, or the “hoverboard,” as one of...

Published on December 27, 2015