Kristie McNealy, MD

First – a bit of housekeeping . . . Since returning from Type-A Mom, I’ve been trying to figure out a better way to organize my blog to cope with the increasing number of local events and products I’m getting involved with, without getting all the medical information lost in the shuffle.
For the time being, [...]

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Yesterday, a study was released online in the American Journal of Psychiatry which demonstrated an association between stimulant medications used to treat ADHD, and sudden death in kids.  The headlines generated by the release of this study are downright scary, but as parents, the question is, how worried do we need [...]

If you’re looking for natural flu remedies in the wake of the recent swine flu outbreaks, the black elderberry extract Sambucol is a choice that rises to the top of many lists.  A small study published in the ’90s showed that 93% of flu patients given Sambucol were completely symptom-free within two days, while those [...]