New research provides additional evidence of Tylenol’s (or acetaminophen’s) dark side. A recent study shows acetaminophen may be implicated in the significant upsurge in pediatric asthma diagnoses since the 1980s when Tylenol began to be used more frequently (in place of aspirin). The most likely mechanism is depletion of glutathione in the airways. [...]
Tylenol’s Dark Side — Not to be Taken Lightly
April 17th, 2012 No Comments
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Greening the Womb, Part 2: How food choices and reducing stress and toxin exposures during pregnancy can protect your baby for years to come.
March 2nd, 2011 2 Comments
Researchers in the field of “fetal origins” propose that the 40 week gestation period may be one of the most significant times of our lives. The 9 months before birth may shape our susceptibility to disease and the functioning of our major organs as well as influence our temperament and intelligence.(1) Over the last fifty [...]
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Introducing Solids to Infants (from GGMG Sept 2010 Newsletter)
September 1st, 2010 No Comments
Q: I need some guidance on starting my infant on solids. Can you help? A: My goal in counseling parents about solids is to emphasize healthy eating and to teach them how to positively shape their child’s taste preferences. A growing body of research shows that babies’ palates are influenced before birth. Maturing in the [...]
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Unrushed Office Visits
March 24th, 2010 No Comments
Unrushed Office Visits – Our office visits are unrushed. This allows us to cultivate relationships with families and partner with parents in helping them raise healthy, happy children. We believe that spending quality time with our patients (approximately 30-45 minutes per visit) is the bedrock of an integrative medicine approach versus a traditional Western medicine [...]
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Nutrition Counseling for Kids and Their Parents
March 24th, 2010 No Comments
Nutrition Counseling for Kids and Their Parents – Whether your child has special nutritional needs, like Celiac disease, diabetes, obesity, or food sensitivities, or you simply desire to improve your family’s eating habits, GetzWell Pediatrics can help you. We can teach you about reading food labels, developing appropriate shopping lists and meal plans, finding kid [...]
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Sick Visits
March 24th, 2010 No Comments
Sick Visits – In most cases, GetzWell Pediatrics can accommodate same day appointments for urgent and sick visits. Should your child need assistance after hours or on the weekend, your Open Access membership gives you direct telephone access to one of our professionals. For an extra fee, non members may be accommodated for acute visits [...]
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Medical Consultations for Chronic Illness
March 24th, 2010 No Comments
Medical Consultations for Chronic Illness – At GetzWell Pediatrics we believe in treating the whole person, not just symptoms in isolation, and this is the core of a functional approach to medical care. We take the time to listen to and understand our patients’ histories while acknowledging the complex interaction of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle [...]
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Preteen and Teen Examinations
March 24th, 2010 No Comments
Preteen and Teen Examinations – At GetzWell Pediatrics we offer an innovative personalized approach to help families with the unique challenges faced by their adolescent. In partnership with parents and their teens, we address health challenges such as ADD/ADHD, anxiety/depression and mood problems, acne and other skin disorders, asthma, autoimmune illnesses, behavioral issues, diabetes, gastrointestinal [...]
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Functional medicine
March 24th, 2010 No Comments
Functional medicine – Functional medicine represents an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting the traditional disease centered focus of medical practice to a more patient centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms. Functional medicine practitioners [...]
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