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Surely no dream is worth dying for at the age of seven. Children must be protected until they learn safety and self-preservation. As a pediatrician in emergency service, I have seen many childhood deaths, but this one broke my heart. It was cruel to get to know Jessica through the media before her devastating accident. Her death was so palpable, so public, so preventable--a living docudrama most of us wish we had never seen. Jessica's upbringing probably desensitized her to many risks, but she is the innocent bystander in this case. PAM STONE Calgary, Alberta What parents...
...disorder really be remedied by playing games? Other experts, while praising Tallal's work as provocative and challenging, remain skeptical. Tallal, they point out, has not yet demonstrated that her therapy is effective for the broader population of dyslexics. But as Yale University's Dr. Sally Shaywitz, a behavioral pediatrician, acknowledges, "We don't need to speculate. We can carry out studies that answer this question...
...Judith Palfrey, a pediatrician known for her community health work with children, has been appointed the first T. Berry Brazelton Professor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital, according to this week's issue of Focus, Harvard's medical area newsletter...
...million endowed chair recognizes the work of Brazelton, a pediatrician specializing in child development who first joined the Medical School as an instructor of pediatrics in 1953. After becoming a clinical associate in 1966 and an assistant clinical professor in 1969, Brazelton served as chief of Children's child development unit from 1972 to 1989. He is now an emeritus professor of pediatrics and can claim 26 books and more than 180 scientific articles and chapters to his credit...
Waldron and Hinds came dressed together as a "wacko surgeon" and a "wacko pediatrician," respectively...