Matthew Toohey, MD
Matthew Toohey is a pediatrician.
Conditions
A recent Canadian study showed that the youngest children in each grade (born in the earliest month of the Canadian grade cutoff: December) were 30% more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than the oldest children (born in January). For…
A recent Canadian study showed that the youngest children in each grade (born in the earliest month of the Canadian grade cutoff: December) were 30% more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than the oldest children (born in January). For girls, who overall have a lower incidence of ADHD, the difference was even more pronounced: 70%.
Interestingly, the overall rate of ADHD diagnosis in the sampling of children from this Canadian …
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The conundrum between maturity and ADHD
Patients
This past spring, I wasn't sure if I was looking through a fun house mirror when I read that Florida pediatricians were going to face criminal charges for bringing up the topic of gun safety in the office with patients.…
This past spring, I wasn’t sure if I was looking through a fun house mirror when I read that Florida pediatricians were going to face criminal charges for bringing up the topic of gun safety in the office with patients. I couldn’t believe what I was reading.
The irony of the whole charade was the reasoning of those who brought about the bill. “Direct questions about firearm ownership when it …
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Florida’s gag order on pediatricians blocked
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