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What is the best way to ease someone's pain and suffering? In this beautifully animated RSA Short, Dr Brené Brown reminds us that we can only create a genuine empathic connection if we are brave enough to really get in touch with our own fragilities.
Some parents may have heard of measles outbreaks, but most have never seen measles. In contrast, many parents have heard concerns about the safety of the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine.
Meningitis is a word that can cause panic in communities, and it is frightening for parents to hear.
Dr. Paul Offit talks about the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, including how it is made, what differentiates it from the mRNA-type COVID-19 vaccines, what we know about its safety and more.
Infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) can linger silently, leading to cancer decades later. Types of cancer that can be caused by HPV include cervical, head and neck, anal, and genital cancers. HPV can also cause unsightly genital warts.
In this video, Dr. Paul Offit addresses whether children younger than 5 years of age need a coronavirus vaccine, if the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines work in kids under 5, and why delaying COVID vaccination presents a risk for your child.
In this short video, Dr. Paul Offit talks about hepatitis B, why it’s worth preventing, and why adults who haven’t been vaccinated against hepatitis B are recommended to get the vaccine.
Dr. Paul Offit discusses a recent study that questioned whether aluminum in vaccines is associated with asthma.
What is rumination syndrome? It’s a functional gastrointestinal disorder that occurs when food that is swallowed – but not yet digested – gets regurgitated and comes back up from the stomach, through the esophagus and into the mouth.
The best way to treat rumination syndrome, a functional gastrointestinal disorder, is with behavioral therapy. Behavioral therapy – specifically diaphragmatic breathing for rumination syndrome – retrains the body to keep food and liquids in the stomach instead of traveling up the esophagus and into the mouth.