Pediatric: School Age

Therapeutic Orphans

Therapeutic Orphans

Harry Shirkey, a medical practitioner, coined the term “therapeutic orphans” over 50 years ago to describe how children are overlooked in medical research; his observations remain true today. Despite the best efforts of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the...

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Wellness Outdoors

Wellness Outdoors

Many parents look back to their childhood and can remember riding bikes down the street, playing ballwith friends, or climbing trees and digging in the dirt. Where do all of those things take place? Outdoors. Sadly, the average child today will typically spend 5 to 8...

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