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Newborn Circumcision:Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?

9/25/2018

Newborn Circumcision:
Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?

The United States is one of the only Western countries in the world that circumcises newborns as a "routine" medical procedure. Circumcision is often described as a safe and painless procedure, while risks and potential long term effects are downplayed in ways that are (in my opinion) not true to the spirit of informed consent. So what are the real risks and benefits to newborn circumcision?

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Feed Your Fertility: How Diet Can Help You Start Your Family

9/7/2018

Feed Your Fertility: How Diet Can Help You Start Your Family

How much of an impact can diet really have on fertility? The answer is - a lot!

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Teaching Kids to Swallow Pills

7/12/2018

Teaching Kids to Swallow Pills

This is an issue that comes up frequently in my visits: we have all these great herbs and nutrients that we’d like kids to take, but they only come in a pill form. Or, there are liquid or chewable forms of the things that they need, but they taste terrible. Or they have to take a capsule medication for a sickness, and because they've never learned how to swallow a pill, it turns into a meltdown and half of their medication ends up on the floor.

Sound familiar? Many kids feel frightened that they’ll choke or that a pill will get stuck in their throat. Others may not be afraid of swallowing pills - they've just never learned how. Either way, swallowing pills is a skill, and it can be taught and built on over time.

Here are a few tried and true methods to help your little ones learn how to be comfortable with taking pills.

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The Benefits of Having a Sibling with Down Syndrome

6/4/2018

The Benefits of Having a Sibling with Down Syndrome

Many people worry that having a sibling with Down Syndrome will be tough for their other kids. They may fear that having a little brother or sister with Down Syndrome will be stressful for their other kids, or that their other children will resent the extra care and attention a child with Down Syndrome may need. In fact, this concern is so prevalent that it’s one of the main things that affects how many parents make the decision to keep or terminate a pregnancy where trisomy 21 is detected.

But how do siblings of kids with Down Syndrome actually feel? When asked, are brothers and sisters of a child with Down Syndrome affected negatively by their sibling…or positively?

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What is Diminished Ovarian Reserve?

4/9/2018

What is Diminished Ovarian Reserve?

You may have had this experience: You or your partner go in to see your reproductive specialist for an ultrasound. During the visit, your provider does an ultrasound to count antral follicles and may also do a blood test to look for something called AMH. Between the antral follicle count and the AMH level, your doctor gets an idea (which they may or may not share with you!) about the state of your “ovarian reserve.”

So what is ovarian reserve? What are AMH and your antral follicle count, and what affect can these have on your fertility?

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Newborn Circumcision:​Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?

Newborn Circumcision:​Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?

Feed Your Fertility: How Diet Can Help You Start Your Family

Feed Your Fertility: How Diet Can Help You Start Your Family

Teaching Kids to Swallow Pills

Teaching Kids to Swallow Pills

The Benefits of Having a Sibling with Down Syndrome

The Benefits of Having a Sibling with Down Syndrome

What is Diminished Ovarian Reserve?

What is Diminished Ovarian Reserve?

About Dr Silver

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Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?