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“Ask Dr. David” Video Series: Masks & Sending Our Children Back to School in the Age of COVID-19
by DAVID BERGER, MD As schools reopen around the country, parents are seeking answers on how to keep their children safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this series of “Ask Dr. David” videos, we address common questions related to children and masks. Is It Safe for...
ABC Action News: Proposed bill could limit access to medical marijuana for pediatric patients in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — At just two-years-old, Kevin Mundaca’s daughter Lilli became one of the first pediatric patients in Florida to be put on the medical cannabis program. “The chemo treatment that they had, it was killing her. We literally had to pull her out of it and ever...
PRESS RELEASE (03/09/21): Florida Legislators Consider Severely Limiting Pediatric Access to Medical Marijuana
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Florida legislators consider severely limiting pediatric access to medical marijuana. Tampa Pediatrician leads parent advocates and colleagues to fight the bill. TAMPA, Fla. March 9, 2021 — Despite overwhelming public support for medical...
Supporting Our Children’s Emotional Health As They Return to School Amidst COVID-19
by LYDIA ABRAMS, LCSWSchool Counselor, Hillel Academy of Tampa and Therapist at ProTherapyPlus, LLC Returning to school amidst COVID-19 can bring about various feelings for children and parents alike. COVID-19 is an “unprecedented” event; while some of us may...
We Now Offer CBD Products at Our Office!
For your convenience, we are excited to be offering CBD products at our office. In this video, Dr. David discusses the quality, comfort, and convenience of using the concentrated BlueBird Botanicals CBD products we have made easily available to our patients.
Our Fabulous Kimmie: Keeping the Lab Open and Performing Blood Draws through COVID
by Emily Colón As many of you know, Kimmie Stadelman has been our phlebotomist extraordinaire since 2007. She is a loving mom of four, and her gentle hand and kind soul has put many patients’ minds at ease during blood draws. We often have parents travel to...
The Importance of Physical Distancing & Face Coverings
by PATSY GIARDA, APRN, CPNP As time passes, it is becoming even more clear that COVID-19 is not going anywhere anytime soon and we have to figure out how to work our lives around it. We know physical distancing and avoiding environments where viral particles are more...
Dr. David’s Corner: Like It or Not, We have to Learn to Live with this Coronavirus
Dear Wholistic Community,I don’t remember the last time I sat down to write at a time of such widespread uncertainty. To get past the SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) global pandemic, we find ourselves stuck with some rather lousy choices. But there is one...
Educating Your Kids during the COVID-19 Pandemic
A Wholistic Pediatrician’s Perspective featuring: David Berger, MD, Wholistic ReLeaf
Educating Your Kids during the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://youtu.be/6YZKOXRjXXI A Wholistic Pediatrician's Perspective featuring: David Berger, MD, Wholistic ReLeaf