The Adirondacks are more than just scenic vistas and quiet forests — they’re home. Those of us who live here are bound to the land by its rugged beauty, its deep history and its spirit of independence. Our roots run back to the pioneers who helped shape this nation, and that legacy of ...

I often find myself tied up by parents with lots of questions about their infant or young child being tongue-tied. Let me see if I can stick out some information on this topic. Tongue tie or what also carries the name, ankyloglossia, is what happens when the connection or band we call the ...

Parents have been pinning me down with all sorts of questions about what to say to their teen who wants to have parts of their body pierced or tattooed. Well, let me see if I can push through with some information on this topic. National Data on Tattoos and Piercings National data ...

Parents have been anything but “faint” of heart to ask me about what to do if their child or teenager should experience a fainting episode. Well, let me pass out some information on this topic. Fainting represents a temporary loss of consciousness. This is a result of blood not ...

Parents have recently been serving up lots of questions regarding their child’s nutrition based on more fiction than facts. This week I thought I would do some myth-busting of some common nutritional myths. - Popular myths - Is taking a daily multivitamin giving your child all ...

As many of you may have heard, MyNBC5’s Meteorologist Tyler Jankowski has been so interested in what I have had to share on my First with Kids segments that he has decided to give up reporting the weather and apply to medical school! I, in turn, have begun to take courses in meteorology so ...