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By Scott Shannon, MD
Parents walk through my door for many reasons. They come to me because someone they respect has referred them. They’re looking for more than solutions; they crave my perceived wisdom as someone who can understand and explain why their child is not doing well. Read More
by Russell Faust, PhD, MD
It was recently reported that nearly 12% of all children in the United States have used some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). Based on the National Health Interview Survey of 2007, a group of researchers at Harvard Medical School gathered information on CAM use among more than 9,000 children younger than 18 years. Based on these data, the authors estimated that greater than 8 Million children below the age of 18 years used some CAM remedy during the year these data were collected (2007).
Their findings were published in the February issue of Pediatrics,...
by Scott Shannon, MD
The American medical profession has rejected and avoided the science of nutrition for over a century. This curious and unfortunate prejudice goes back in history to the mid-1800’s when allopathic physicians (MDs) were fighting for financial survival with homeopaths and eclectic physicians (forerunners of naturopaths). Both of these groups emphasized diet and natural cures. The American Medical Association was formed to help the MDs fight off this threat. The AMA issued an edict that made it grounds for sanction if you worked with one of these heretical groups. The bias continues to this day. Read...
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Healing Young Minds: Helping Children Strive in a Stress-Filled World
By Scott Shannon, MD
Healing Young Minds: Helping Children Thrive in a Stress-Filled World
A five-year-old boy begins kindergarten. He goes to school from 8:15 till 3:15, which seems an eternity. After lunch, he longs for a nap, or at least some time to glide back and forth on the swings. Instead, he sits and copies words from a text onto her notebook. The arrangement of letters makes no sense to him. The teacher encourages him to sound out the words, but he can’t. He envies his younger sister, who gets to stay home. When he climbs into the car most afternoons,...