Posts

Assuring Your Child’s Medical Home
Hylton I Lightman MD DCH(SA) FAAP
The death knell for primary care pediatrics in this country may have been sounded with the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) recent decision to allow pharmacists to administer vaccines…

My Child Wants
Hylton I Lightman MD DCH(SA) FAAP
Things must have shifted in society-at-large and my pediatric office is a small microcosm where a different phenomenon is emerging. Allow me to explain.
Pediatricians are, for the most part, warm, friendly,…
The Parent’s Primer for a Child-Friendly, Child-Safe Summer
The Parent’s Primer for a Child-Friendly, Child-Safe Summer
Hylton I Lightman, MD DCH (SA) FAAP
School is winding down and summer vacation is gearing up. This country’s valued tradition of the long summer break in this country from school…

Adolescents and Well Visits - Getting Ready for Summer
Hylton I Lightman, MD, DCH, FAAP
It seems like only yesterday when you brought in your precious bundle of joys for their first well visits. Then you brought them regularly through their infant, toddler and school years for their well visits,…

Blood Pressure New Guidelines - What This Means for Your Child and You
THE PRESSURE IS ON
Hylton I Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
This week’s news announced by the American Heart Association and the American Cardiology Association has eclipsed almost everything in the world, especially the world of medicine.
The…

LET’S GET PHYSICAL
It seems like only yesterday when you brought in your precious bundle of joys for their first well visits. And the responsible parents whom you are, you brought them regularly through their infant, toddler and school years for their well visits,…