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Teens and Sleep

Hylton I Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP Sleep is important for our teenagers.  Sleep is food for the brain. During sleep, important body functions and brain activity occur.  Yet so many teens are sleep deprived. The National Sleep Foundation…
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Back to School – The Pediatrician's Primer

Back to School – The Pediatrician's Primer Hylton I Lightman, MD, DCH (FAAP), DCH I love this time of the year.  Back-to-School.  It engenders warm, fuzzy feelings of optimism and hope as we embark on a new school year with the Jewish…
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Sleep Training and Babies - Making Sleep a Priority

Sleep training and babies  Hylton I Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP Getting babies to sleep through the night is one of the questions most often addressed to pediatricians. For some parents, it’s a nonissue.  For others, it’s a barrage…