No proof, but there is evidence that polycarbonate baby bottles which contain bisphenol A (BPA) have a "hormone-like" effect on the reproductive system. The CDC has issued cautions and now the Canadian government will be banning this toxic substance.

There are a large number of substitutes and

About twenty years ago, I was approached by a manufacturer of vitamins and supplements and asked to write articles for a magazine. This magazine--coincidentally--was sponsored by the manufacturer and all the articles--coincidentally--were about their products.

I should have been a bit suspicious when the first article was to be...

The Los Angeles Times series about the Gates Foundation's investments in companies and industries responsible for death and misery (see Nestle and Ameriquest) caused them to pause for a few seconds.

Then, they promptly flip-flopped back to saying that blind investing is just fine with them. Their CEO's letter...

The Los Angeles Times series on the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Foundation's response reveal hypocrisy which harms babies by the millions.

No one questions the good the Gateses and their foundation have done but now they must address the deaths caused by their "blind investments."

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Spinoza's response at the bottom of the comments is well worth reading. I strongly disagree with Dr. Spinoza's opinions and some of his facts, but he has crafted a cogent rebuttal. (I accidentally deleted his first comment and he was kind enough to re-post.)

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Tomorrow's "New England Journal of Medicine" will make the front pages of many if not most major newspapers. They are publishing two excellent studies which show that being overweight shortens life.

I have a different "take" on overweight and obesity because I'm a pediatrician and very few of...

The FDA has finally decided to put even stronger warnings on stimulant medication used to treat Attention Deficit Disorder.

As usual, they've done so for many of the wrong reasons: Rare reports of heart problems and psychotic behavior.

There are over 2 million ADD med prescriptions written each...

Circumcision to prevent AIDS transmission will put millions of infants at risk during surgery (albeit minor surgery) in less than ideal situations and locales.

The reasoning is similar to pulling all of an African male's teeth to prevent cavities.

I do not agree with those on the extreme end...

A couple weeks ago, the "Lancet" announced a medical breakthrough: Using a patient's own bladder cells and a plastic framework, scientists at Boston Children's Hospital got these cells to multiply. They were then able to augment the patient's damaged bladder with this lab-grown bladder and greatly improve her quality...

A new medical study in the April issue of "Chest" associate parents' snoring habits with their children's tendencies to snore.

Their are multiple reasons for snoring including anatomical variations, allergies, overweight and more.

Snoring can cause large breathing problems in children but rarely does. A more commonly recognized phenomenon...

If you still have the Sunday Comics, you can get your daily medical news the same place that I, a real doctor, do.

Read "Opus" by Berkeley Breathed.

As the Opus the penguin stands in fear of a self-flushing toilet, he's confronted by two officious men who challenge him...

But then again, I'm a doctor and I'm supposed to.

The obfuscation was caused by the incompetence of the journalists and even bloggers who reported the story.

You were not supposed to get it . . .

Sometimes, I just don't know where to start.

How about by telling you...

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Virtually every childhood vaccine has relevance to some children and some families. But the "one size fits all approach" most doctors present to parents or to traveling adults is not scientifically sound.

As I mentioned, rotavirus diarrhea is a very dangerous disease in many areas...

I sat out for a while. The new recommendation about the rotavirus vaccine merits a brief comment.

The committee approving this vaccine has many voting members who have been associated with the pharmaceutical industry for years and years and received millions of dollars in funding, consulting and speaking fees....

President George Bush thinks that the American public is stupid enough to believe his nonsense about an avian flu pandemic.

Please, oh please, let's prove him wrong.

JNG MD

The press and the government have created a sense of urgency about protecting ourselves from the Avian Flu.

CNN tells us that, "The U.S. government has started stockpiling Tamiflu and other medicines that scientists believe might be effective against a pandemic virus."

Real experts tell us that viral mutation...

Firstly, there are no medical interventions without side effects and adverse consequences.

Secondly, I cannot post my (undocumented) impressions and experiences without fierce response from those who disagree.

I’d like to give a little of my space to these people with honest disagreements. This is a very important debate because...

I have been gone for a while. I'll try to get the hang of this and post shorter pieces using my experience and the knowledge acquired from practicing pediatrics and watching thousands of children and their families over nearly three decades.

There is much more autism than there was when...

I am a pediatrician in private practice, on the attending and teaching faculty of fine hospitals and medical schools and have been in practice for 26 years.

I have looked very hard at vaccine policies and have seen thousands of children receive tens of thousands of shots. I am not...

Three-legged Table

For most of the check-ups in my office I see a baby or child with both the mom and dad. I strongly encourage both parents to come.

Sometimes dads need to leave early, go to the car to feed the meter or duck out to take a...