Podcast Pediatricians

PP10 072 The Great Pediatric Obesity Debate Aug 17, 2025

Our 10th season! Almost 100 K downloads (OK, the Kelce boys over 13 million in 24 hours BUT we do not have Taylor). Highlights of Hot Topics in Pediatrics 2026 Obesity Lectures THEN the epic GLP-1’s vs Bariatric Surgery for Severe Pediatric Obesity debate!

PP9 071 HOME Flu Vax & Naloxone, Weddings, UTIs and Hei Hei Jun 01, 2025

Rob and Matt discuss home influenza vaccines and tests, universal naloxone prescribing, family weddings and the Hora close call, vanishing docs in primary care, all things UTI and Hei Hei Strabismus. Enjoy!

PP9 Apple Juice, Rectal Ibuprofen & The Iggles Mar 02, 2025

Matt and Rob talk Super Bowl, RFK Jr, School Cell Phones, High(er) dose cetirizine and YES Apple Juice for kids can be good but honey is better! (and yes Matt’s microphone was broken). Happy Wedding!

PP9 069 Top Articles, Allergies & Sir Studley Oct 16, 2024

Springsteen Nelson and Dylan, Cancer Juice, Amoxicillin De-labeling, Food Allergy Gamechanger, FPIES, The Steroid Inhaler Shortage National Disgrace. We missed you.

PP8 068 Genetics & She said YES! Feb 25, 2024

Rob and Matt deep dive genetic testing and future universal whole exome newborn screening. Rob popped the question, Covid boosters, continued tongue tie controversies, Down Syndrome guidelines and Skibidi Toilet.

PP8 067 Sugar Sugar & KelceSwift Oct 20, 2023

Matt and Rob tackle Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in kids. Not-for-Profit Hospital hypocrisy, the END of adult physical exams as we know them, the Retrievals fertility clinic horror, Phenylephrine RIP, RSV shots, One Hit wonders, Red October, and the Tush Push. J E T S JETS!

PP8 066 Goiters and Gumby Sep 08, 2023

Rob and Matt discuss new RSV injections, BARBIE, chatbots, tympanostomy tubes, ear cameras, AND all things thyroid plus Gumby, but never Pokey

PP7 065 There Will Be Blood May 25, 2023

Matt and Rob discuss the holy land , masks. COVID Vaccines, Bugs & Drugs, BLEEDING, Anemias and Iron Deficiency . Plus Bruce and Tay Tay

PP7 064 Fats, Football & (yellow) Fever Jan 27, 2023

Rob and Matt discuss pediatric hyperlipidemia and preventative cardiology. Plus Dr Benjamin Rush, Mediterranean diet, and we lightly touch on the new obesity guidelines (body positivity/unfunded mandate? VS long overdue? MORE LATER!

PP7 063 Tripledemic, Guns & Dermatopalooza II Dec 18, 2022

Matt and Rob riff on the Tripledemic and gun violence and finish our epic Dermatopalooza. Happy Holidays!
Next up: Asthma

PP7 062 Dermatopalooza I & The Lotus Birth Oct 19, 2022

Matt and Rob are back and so are the undefeated Iggles and the shocking playoff Phillies! We are talking dermatology and yes – taking the placenta home with you.

PP6 061 Migraines & Monkeypox Jun 25, 2022

Rob and Matt finish their epic headache migraine series focusing on treatments. We also cover Monkeypox, Covid vaccines for babies, Will Smith and Matt gets electric shock therapy LIVE.

PP6 060 Headaches I & Boogers Mar 09, 2022

Matt and Rob begin their EPIC two part series on pediatric headaches. ENT pearls plus bougie Matt is fancy like that!

PP6 059 CoVid Days Again & Tummyaches Jan 08, 2022

Rob and Matt talk all things Covid : Omicron, vaccines and the ever-changing CDC guidelines. PLUS Gluten FODMAPS and Bellyaches

PP6 The Seven Questions for Teens Sep 08, 2021

Rob covers 7 key questions to ask teens in your office (or your house) from Hot Topics Pediatrics Disney World

PP6 058 Spitty Babies & Covid Days Again Aug 24, 2021

We are back! But sadly, so is COVID-19. Vaccine and mask mandates, NOT reflux and picky eaters.

PP5 057 ADHD Finale & Meat Loaf May 18, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine skeptics, Calvin and Hobbes plus all things ADHD meds. See you at Hot Topics in Pediatrics Disney World in July!

PP5 056 ADHD & COVID Vaccines Mar 18, 2021

Matt and Rob tackle ADHD despite our short attention spans PLUS all things COVID-19 vaccines, Carson Wentz and Vodka Negroni

PP5 055 Eczema II & CovIdiots Dec 22, 2020

Rob and Matt conclude eczema and food allergy treatments plus DOCTOR Jill Biden AND we sing Christmas songs

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PP5 054 Eczema I & Muhammad Ali Dec 08, 2020

Matt and Rob (Matt a bit tinny by Zoom) kick off our epic two part eczema series. We also talk Covid-19 testing, Covid-19 vaccines and pandemic canoodling.

PP5 053 CoVid Days & ROY Warren Seminar Oct 15, 2020

Rob sans Matt discusses managing return to school and day care for ill children during the pandemic AND a possible answer to the burning pediatric question of why kids seem to be much more immune than adults. We shamelessly promote the upcoming all virtual pediatric ROY Warren seminar Wednesday, November 11. Hope to see you there and give you a live shout out!

PP5 052 CoVid Days & SARS Farts Sep 12, 2020

Rob and Matt are getting a bit tired and stressed out about COVID-19. We talk testing, masks, and some non-Covid stuff like Acute Flaccid Myelitis and Benadryl. For gosh sakes, please cover your noses!

PP5 051 CoVid Days – Schools & Sports Jul 18, 2020

Matt and Rob discuss the CoVid19 pediatric testing dance plus opening schools and youth sports. Also, ADHD video game treatments and IV fluid Boomers. Black Lives Matter.

PP4 050 CoVid Days & Springsteen May 19, 2020

Apologies to Bruce. Rob and Matt discuss pandemic office pediatrics and cover the pediatric Kawasaki-like shock syndrome, innate immunity & BCG/OPV, plus Drs Phil and Oz.

PP4 049 MY CORONA Day 29 & The Tiger King Apr 13, 2020

Matt and Rob cover all things pediatric COVID19 – it’s getting quiet in the office. Plus, a mini Dr. Oz rant

PP4 048 MY CORONA! Day 15 Mar 29, 2020

Rob sans Matt on Office Pediatrics another week into the Pandemic, getting ready for the surge. Watch us on TV this Thursday, April 2 at 7 PM on WHYYTV 12 You Oughta Know!

PP4 047 MY CORONA! Day 8 Mar 25, 2020

Rob and Matt Report from the front lines of the pediatric office during the early days of the Corona Pandemic. The world kinda turned upside down and so we sing and butcher Bohemian Rhapsody. You must be wearing full PPEs to listen to this podcast.

PP4 046 MY CORONA!! virus Mar 17, 2020

Matt and Rob go all in on the Novel Coronavirus, Covid19 and children. From historical perspectives to the nitty-gritty issues of pediatric care at the cusp of this pandemic. We insist that you wash your hands before listening to this podcast.

PP4 045 Pimples II & Pepe Le Pew Feb 17, 2020

Rob and Matt dive into pimple treatments, from Proactiv to Accutane. PLUS Girl Scout cookie reviews, heavy metal baby foods, Autism treatments, and we call out Pepe Le Pew.

PP4 044 Pimples & Pelvics Jan 24, 2020

Matt and Rob explore all things pimples, plus the flu, unnecessary teen pelvic exams, the end of ppds, & doctors vs lawyers. Enjoy Zits!

PP4 043 CradleCrap & Mrs Livingston Dec 04, 2019

Rob and Matt finish BabyHeads: Coneheads to CradleCrap. Hiccups, McVitties, Funeral Blankets, Pediatric Bariatric Surgery, Psychoeducational Evaluations, Just say THEY, Potty Seat Dermatitis, Epic 1969 TV Debuts & Fleabag, Bobby Brady, Coneheads & Caputs, Plagiocephaly Helmets, Prom Dates and Greasy Sebum

PP4 042 BabyHeads & Forky! Nov 12, 2019

Matt and Rob talk Newborn Baby Heads. The soft spot, new flu drugs, Montelukast Anxiety, WHYY‘s Shirley Min knows Forky, Cannibal Comedy, The Green Room, Suicide Strep, Acute Flaccid Myelitis, Fast MRIs,, VBACS vs VBreech and The Big Lurch

PP4 041 Wheezing, Lyme Dz & Rhoda Morgenstern Sep 09, 2019

Rob and Matt tackle the vaping epidemic and if chronic Lyme disease exists. Plus we sing again. Banning both Juuls & 13 Reasons Why, Meredith vs Dwight Schrute, Black Dog, Marge Simpson, caffeine sugar bombs, Symbicort, suicide, I-dosing, Jersey Car Surfing and we are NOT texting NIFOC, GNOC or Down in the DM!!

PP4 040 Hyperhidrosis & The Perfect 10 Aug 23, 2019

We’re Baaack! Matt and Rob discuss excessive sweating treatments PLUS Delaware censors Jamie Wyeth nudes. The new 2019 infant hemangioma recs & topical Timolol at home, The Aperol Spritz, Sunscreen Chemical Dangers, Only Apgars of 10 OK? – we call BS!, Bo Derek, Electrical Face Stimulation for ADHD & August ADHD babies. Matt crushes on Malcolm Gladwell and Rob changes a tire. Season 4 is just getting started!

changes a tire. Season 4 is just getting started!

PP3 039 BugsDrugs III & Johnny Gonorrhea May 27, 2019

Rob and Matt wrap up antibiotic choices: Strep, Skin infections, Sinusitis, Lymphadenitis, Pneumonia, Bites and Goofy Bronchitis. The Rock n Play recall, Adderall Psychosis, Yodels, Julie Fowlis!, Pediatric Loneliness,

Green 11’s, Gonorrhea Superbugs, Z-Pak for all? , Malarone vs Lariam, Pill Esophagitis. MOMO!! Meet us both at Hot Topics Pediatrics Disney World in July!

PP3 038 BugsDrugs II & Sukkot Measles Apr 16, 2019

Matt & Rob Reveal the Magnificent Seven antibiotics and their Rx for Ear Infections. The Measles Epidemic, Bogus MD Vaccine Exemptions, Temple Mumps, Death by 1000 Clicks, Tobacco 21, Stratego , Call me Dr. you Nazi,

GYN visits for all 13-15yos – No!!!, M. Cat! , XV is 15 – a few of our fav things.

PP 037 BugsDrugs I & Barry Manilow Mar 05, 2019

Rob and Matt discuss Pediatric Antibiotic Stewardship and the Magificent 7. Bill Zedler’s Texas Measles Cure, Ban Primatene Mist, Moldy Cantaloupes, Flumania,The 1984 McDonald’s Olympic Debacle, Rob RN fail! , Matt’s

Residency Blowup, EMR Dr. burnout, TSUNDOKU, C Diff, Yelp Reviews of Docs, ZPaks for All!

& Zpaks For All!kkkkkkkResidency Blowup, EMR Dr. burnout, TSUNDOKU, C Diff, Yelp Reviews of Drs & Zpaks For All!

PP3 036 The Christmas Episode & Gritty Dec 30, 2018

Matt and Rob Riff. Vaginal Seeding, Jerry Seinfeld, Gluten Free, Pooping Legos , Pacifier Sucking Moms, Disgusting Food Museum, Bacon Sandwiches, Royal Straight Flush, Cheetos, Juuling , Yoga, , Pimple Pete, To Kill a Mockingbird, Independent Pediatricians Rock!, and Ramen Dangers.

Happy New Year!

PP3 035 Suicide Dec 25, 2018

Rob and Matt discuss suicide, a leading cause of death in teens and young adults and on the rise in children. Suicide Clusters, College Mental Services Suck, Ketamine Cures, DWT, Blue Zones in Okinawa, 13 Reasons Why, Pediatric Funerals, PHQ9A, IS PATH WARM, Guns, Safety Plans, The Office, Sleep, Bullying. Suicide is complicated and it touches almost everyone’s lives. We must talk about it openly and loudly to help prevent it. Suicide is tragic, but not shameful.

**PP3 034 Should Kids Play Tackle Football?** Nov 11, 2018
Matt and Rob cover the tackle football for kids/teens debate. Woodpecker Tongues, Public Bathroom Toilet Seats, Chickenpox Parties, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – NOT Maisy, Physician Burnout – Lean in!, Matt’s Concussion & Friday Night Lights.

Coming Soon: Bugs and Drugs & The Scalp

**PP3 033 Sports & The Nocebo Effect** Oct 24, 2018
Rob and Matt talk Concussions, Sports injuries and so much more. Slime!, Dr. Edison: Serial Killer, The Champagne Disaster, ImPACT Overrated?, Concussion blood tests, Spondylolysis Storks, Syphilis Surging, USELESS outside sports PEs, , Golden Ticket Concussions, Elementary School Wellness Centers without parents – Really???, Matt’s ankle rupture, Downs Athletes: NO neck x-rays – YES United sports, Shoulder Contortionists, AND Plyometrics!

**Up Next: Should Kids Play Tackle Football?**

**PP3 032 POTSpourri & Doc McStuffins** Oct 09, 2018
PP3 032 POTSpourri & Doc McStuffins

Matt and Rob cover highlights from Hot Topics in Pediatrics 2018 Disney World. All Things POTS, Concierge Doc McStuffins, Heavy Metal Baby Cereal, FREE medical school tuition – Hallelujah! , ZOOM, Bert LOVES Ernie, Even a little breast milk helps, Epidermolysis Bullosa, Never Trust Yellow Asian Babies, do what hurts the most, Yes, Real men Eat Luna Bars, and Hospitals take on Big Pharma – Finally!

Coming Next: Should youth play tackle football? PLUS Sports injuries and Concussions

**PP2 031 Scoliosis II & King Richard III** Aug 05, 2018
Rob and Matt wrap up Scoliosis discussing treatments: braces vs surgery vs nothing, The BillBlanket Scandal – NOT a Harry Potter Mystery, Ridiculous new mom lactation consult rationing, PA & WV are choking DE, toddler digital dependence, chiropractic medicine – buyer beware, Ban Bedroom Screens overnight, Kloppy, PReP approved for teens, Gettysburg Feline Battles, ScoliScores useless, Quasimodo OK but King Richard III NOT a hunchback – blame the Bard, Dowager Humps, Schroth Scoliosis therapy, Poor Joan Cusack, Judy Bloom’s Deenie, Harrington Rods RIP , spinal fusion miracles, beware left-sided scoliosis, AND the good fight against recreational pot,

Next Up: Hot Topics Highlights Including Hot Contoversies – Should kids play Tackle Football? & First Line ADHD treatment – Pill vs Talk.

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**PP2 030 Scoliosis I & Buffy** Aug 04, 2018
Matt and Rob stroll down the twisty scoliosis road. Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis, EOS rules! , Cobb Angles, United Kingdom snobby docs, Don’t Dis Grandma, Pistachio Gelato & Quebec Maple Creams, Jerry Lewis Walks On, VACTERL anomalies, the Dupont Institute’s Sharded Glass Walls, Hypermobility Beighton scores & the Gowers sign, idiopathic pathetic idiots, School-Based Scoliosis Screening, , Marfan Abe and Flo, Vegan Rob, Risser versus Sanders, Curves versus Rotations, Rob’s paper gowns vs Matt’s pediatric laundromat.

Next Up: Scoliosis II and King Richard III – Where we will discuss scoliosis treatments ranging from major surgery to absolutely doing nothing at all. (plus the BiliBlanket Scandal!)

**PP2 029 Sun Sun Sun & The Franken Berry Stool** Jun 25, 2018
Rob and Matt’s Special Summer Sun Extravaganza. Sunscreen Scandals and the FDA, Melanoma Rising & ABCD mole checks, UVA vs UVB and SPF, Matt’s Sad Sunburn Saga, “Healthy Tans” and Coco Chanel, Delaware/Jersey Shore Helmetless Sunburned Youth, Cancer Beds, Montreal Protocol saves the Ozone, Solar Harvest Noon, The Monkees over U2, Barking the Squirrel, RNC’s Here Comes the Sun, Red Vet Pet, Cheri the Coppertone Girl, PMLE & Phytophotodermatitis & Lime Disease, XP Moon Children, Count Chocula – Boo Berry – Franken Berry, 47 Dollar Sunscreeen AND Preaching Consent and Respect to teen and college boys.

Next up: Scoliosis

**PP2 028 Prickly Poison Rashes & Goat Yoga** Jun 04, 2018
Matt and Rob cover summertime rashes. Prickly heat, Poison Ivy & Uma Thurman, and Hot Tub Folliculitis. Goat yoga, Boudleaux & Matilda Bryant, Swimmers Itch – Snails and Nematocysts, & Mainline Pseudomonas.

**Up Next: Sunburns and Photodermatoses**

**PP2 027 Penis II & BOZO Choosing Wisely** May 15, 2018
Special Double Bonus Episode! The boys move downward to finish this PenisPalooza. Glowing Scrotal Christmas Ornaments, , Bozo is dead!, Cryptorchidism, the *SCARY* testicle Story, Virgil Livers and testicular fractures, YES they retract & shrink, Teen Addictions:Juuling & Fortnite , New Jersey Bag o’ Worms, Jocelyn Elders vs Clinton revisited, Orchiodometer Necklace, The Tooth Fairy, Wonderama/Al Alberts/Captain Noah & Sally Starr, The Bozos of Boston, Bone age YES – routine vitamin D and insulin levels NO, Mumps is BACK, Pearly Papules of the Penis and Pediatric Erectile Dysfunction.

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Coming up: Summer Rashes and Scoliosis. See y’all at Disney – Hot Topics in Pediatrics July 26-28

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**PP2 026 Penis & PrEP** May 01, 2018
Rob and Matt tackle all things Penis in Pediatrics. Circumcisions A-to-Z: methods, advantages, complications, and controversies. Pediatricians should know PrEP!, Macaroons and Matzah, Privates/WeeWees and the Tinkler, The Icelandic Penis Museum & Circumcision Ban, Care of the uncircumcised penis plus Balanoposthitis & Paraphimosis. The SNL Royal Deluxe Bris, Dante!, Matt’s Jersey Condom Models AND Penis Hair Tourniquets.

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Next few up: Penis II & Bozo, Summer Rashes, and Scoliosis

**PP2 025 The Pet Episode – Ruh Roh!** Mar 13, 2018
Matt and Rob cover everything Pets & Pediatrics. Dogs (and sometimes Cats) help our Mind, Body, and Soul. We also sing. A lot. Emotional Support Pets, Direwolves, Patti Page, Cat Scratch Fever, Cat and Dog bites, Rabies and Zoonoses, Best Breeds for kids, Cartoon Animals & Theme Songs, South Jersey cat tossing, Labrador Retrievers vs English Springer Spaniels, AND The Red Baron.

Arrivederci and Zay Gezunt
Next up: Penises and Prep

**PP2 024 The Influenza Epidemic & The Iggles** Feb 22, 2018
Rob and Matt cover everything Influenza: the historic 2018 Flu epidemic, why Flu shots for kids. Flu testing controversies, Human Head transplants, Tamiflu pros and cons, Flu complications and deaths, Ted Williams, Our Eyewitness Accounts of EAGLES Super Bowl & Parade, Merrill Reese & Jason Kelce, AND we welcome our first sponsor – Triage 4 Pediatrics.

Coming up next: Privates and Prep

PP2 024 The Influenza Epidemic References

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**PP2 023 Fat Shaming & Pus** Jan 29, 2018
Matt and Rob discuss pediatric fat shaming: EVERYONE is guilty. Yes – you can be happy & healthy AND overweight. Mallomars! Little Lotta, BMI as a tool is not good, Pediatric Office Food Prescription Programs, pediatric care givers comments/growth charts CAN trigger anorexia, draining pus still requires some antibiotics too, Will Amoxicillin soon be out as first line for Otitis in older kids?, St. Louis ribs pressure cookers, Syncope EKGs, Matt’s mushroom coffee – ugh, PLUS – some diarrhea song verses you did not need to know. Fly Eagles Fly and crush those Cheatin Patriots!

**UP NEXT: Pets and Privates**

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**PP2 022 Baby Friendly – Sad Mommy & Frats** Jan 14, 2018
Do hospital Baby Friendly policies with its perceived Perinatal Nurse Gag Orders Increase Sad Mommies? The Goddess Myth & The Notorious RBG. Matt & Rob explore depression screening for moms at well baby visits, Fixing or Ending Fraternities, High infant/maternal mortality in the “good” old days, and how college mental health services suck. Oh, and Fly Eagles Fly!

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**PP2 021 The Frenotomy Epidemic: Tongue Ties, Lip Ties, Buccal Ties, OH MY!** Dec 29, 2017

Rob and Matt on a mission to save Baby Frenulums. Jersey French Kissing, The CDC Banned 7, All-Purpose Nipple Ointment, Laser Dentists, Lactation Consultants, Gentian Violet, and Oh Oh Candida.

Up Next – Baby Friendly, Sad Mommy & Frats

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**PP2 020 Nosebleeds & Dope** Dec 04, 2017
Matt and Rob go deep nose diving for blood. Plus, legalizing recreational marijuana for adults is horrible for kids and teens. Rob and Matt’s childhood fistfights, Delicious New Baby Smell, Yoga Nasal Poses, the Nasal Cycle, Long Island & Mainline Nose Jobs, Drs. Kiesselbach/Little/Woodruff ALL DEAD, Nosy Mr. Parker, Nose Picking & Rhinotillexomania, Cheech and Chong‘s Nasal Foreign Bodies, Marsha Brady and Rocky, AND the mean streets of Syosset. Inka Dinka Doo!!

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**PP2 019 Short Shot: TOYS!!** Nov 21, 2017
Our First Short Shot: TOYS! – Hall of Famers, NEVER Wake Daddy, Matt’s Mystery Dates, Rob’s NU Barbie, Fit Pregnancy Magazine, Weebles vs. Little People, Matt’s extensive Animal Figurine Collection, SCRATCH coding for kids, Middle School Twister, Slinky! & Yahtzee!, Gunfight at the OK Corral, Mr (not Mrs) Potato Head, Booby Trap vs Kerplunk, and the sweet sweet smell of Cap Guns. podcastpediatricians.com

Coming Up: NOSEBLEEEDS & POT

**PP2 018 Croup & The Jersey Devil** Nov 07, 2017
Season 2! Rob and Matt Bark through Scary Croup, Jersey Devil Piney Power and SpaghettiOs. The Parinfluenza Virus, steroid controversies, kindergarten straws, Russian Diphtheria, Bewitched & That Girl, Croup Tents, Thumbnails versus Steeples, Springsteen and the Black Dog Jersey Brigands, and, once again, we salute the miracle of vaccines.

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Coming Up: short shot TOYS and NOSEBLEEDS

**PP 017 Season 1 Finale!** Oct 30, 2017
Matt and Rob revisit Season 1 with updates & listener feedback. Plus, we sing. Kardashian placentas, school start times, infant room sharing, Toulouse, green juice, dissing Delaware, Pharma’s Lord Voldemort, Pinworms, The Anxiety Epidemic & Smart Phones, Plant Milks stunts growth?, Spider Pig, Autism & Potty Training, curing peanut allergies, Bruce and Billy, steroids for pain, PANS & PANDAS

Season 2 first episode: CROUP & TOYS, drops VERY soon!

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**PP 016 Hot Pearls II Butterbeer** Sep 04, 2017
Rob & Matt finish Hot Topic Pearls. We BOTH do not support the AAP child lipid screening recs AND love stool for calprotectin. Plus, Nauseous Anxiety, POTS, Infant GE reflux meds/PPIs, apple cider vinegar, Matt’s Butterbeer rant, Rob vs legal pot, Riboflavin for migraines, Accupuncture, The Great Movie Ride RIP, Matt’s formula rule, Jerry Lewis, CMV screening, Minnie Vans, Duane & Brown ocular syndromes, Teddy Roosevelt saves football, Chopin/CF/Medicaid, Sugar and Salt, Giraffes are cool, Syncope, GARLIC BREATH and more!

Coming up: OUR SEASON ONE WRAP UP

PP 015 Shownotes Plus

PP 015 Hot Pearls I Disney Bibliography

**PP 015 Hot Pearls I – Disney** Aug 29, 2017
Matt and Rob share pearls from July’s Hot Topics in Pediatrics 2017 in Disney World. A Cornucopia of Random Pediatric Topics: Meningococcal type B vaccine, Office toddler vision screening, non-vaxxers, phantom fevers, teen tampon troubles, fluoride varnish, the Bachelorette, C-Sections in Brazil, the 80/90 earbud rule, physician malpractice and suicides, the ugly bug ball, sickle cell trait in NCAA athletes, , Matt’s soda habit and Broadway Springsteen.

Dropping soon is the conclusion of these Hot Pearls and then, FINALLY, our PP Season One Wrap-up/Finale.

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**PP 014 Strep II & Ten Seconds of Stupid** Aug 08, 2017
Rob and Matt finish off Strep AND salute Billy on the Street. The Testicle Story, Strep Ani, PANDAS, PFAPA, ADEM, the Mysterious Strep Carrier State, and Teen Code Words. Plus, Peri-tonsillar Abscesses, Rapid Streps & the Elfman, Blood Agar plates AND those 10 seconds of stupid! Props to This is Us, Aziz, Modern Love & Radiolab. **Remember, Saving Medicaid Saves kids!!**

Be back soon with Hot Pearls and the PP Season 1 wrap-up!

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**PP 013 Strep I Balalala** Jul 19, 2017
The Group A Strep deep dive with extreme Rob/Matt tangents. Jersey Syphilis, pus forming berry ice cream, GAS -don’t blame the dog, JHensen & AMozart, S.Furst RIP, The Big Hero Six Fist Bump, NO bedroom smart phones, CULTURE before treatment!, Fusibacterium Necrophorum, Scarlet Fever, Thomas Sydenham, Don Quixote, Andy Warhol/Jamie Wyeth and the Portrait of Helen Taussig, the Velveteen Rabbit, plus strawberry and blueberry tongues.

Coming up next: Strep II – PANDAS, PFAPA, the carrier state, toxic shock, peritonsillar abscesses, rapid strep tests, sheep agar and antibiotics for strep! THEN The Season 1 wrap-up episode.

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**PP 012 Earwax is Lit** Jun 20, 2017
All Things Earwax: Genetics – Wet vs Dry, the Q-tip child Injury epidemic, Earwax Aphrodisiacs, Frankincense, Matt gets WOKE and Claps Back, JAS III, Ear Candling AWFUL, the Super Soaker Max-D 5000 ear cleanse, ear thermometers, blaming dad, Main Line balsamic vinegar ear drops, ear exam ergonomics and MORE. Rob and Matt take a deep dive into our nemesis, Cerumen, and explore when to leave it in and how to get it out.

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**PP 011 The Telemedicine RANT** Jun 06, 2017
Direct To Consumer Pediatric Telemedicine is #$X&@ terrible (adult oriented urgent care center for kids are not much better). Antibiotics for everyone – antibiotic stewardship destroyed. Rob and Matt expose the fallacy of quality care by phone or video for children AND highlight the absurdity and dangers of diagnosing ear infections, lung disease, strep, abdominal pain and urine infections by history alone with NO stethoscopes, otoscopes, throat swabs, or lab test and, most of all, NO hands-on care. All of this is being pushed by big health insurers, large employers and hospitals in partnership with for profit docs-in-the-phones with no prior relationship and no access to records, pushing convenience and savings over quality care for children and babies. Inferior care incentivized over the Pediatric Medical Home. Yeah, we are pissed.

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**PP 010 Peanuts & Allergic Rhinitis II** May 29, 2017
Feeding infants peanut products early to PREVENT allergies, Hating Elmo, PP culinary skills, La Bamba, Amish nose sprays, Beanie Babies, BB & B!, allergy meds and much more….. Rob and Matt discuss the new guidelines for introducing peanut products to young infants to prevent peanut allergies. We also discuss pets and allergies, the demise of Hahnemann/MCP, and finish off allergic rhinitis discussing treatments from environmental changes to oral antihistamines to nasal sprays and allergy shots. Plus, we sing again.

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**PP 009 Allergic Rhinitis I, Oy Vey!** May 12, 2017
ALL things Allergy – Clucks, King Richard III, the allergic salute, ENTS are NOT allergists, cockroaches and Father/Rabbi Matt and the Sound of Music. We go all in on Allergic Rhinitis ,from Ancient Egypt and Rome to the birth of modern immunology. We discuss common allergens and common physical findings in children. We debate the usefulness of allergy testing and, yes, reveal a geneology stunner and our hidden musical theater talents.

Next up – Allergic Rhinitis treatments for children PP 009 Allergy Shownotes & Bibliography

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**PP 008 PooPalooza III & Infant Smart Monitors** Apr 30, 2017
Smart phone integrated infant monitors with Pulsoximetry are actually DUMB, with real potential for harm. Matt and Rob finish off PooPalooza with constipation treatments – cleanouts to cure, from enemas to MiraLAX to Ex-Lax. Beware the vacation relapse! Potty training and a salute to Rachel Bloom. We support Medicaid and CHIP for kids (less so Ponch and Ernie Douglas) PP 008 Pulsox PooPalooza CHIP SHOWNOTES

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**PP 007 PooPalooza II & MiraLax** Apr 28, 2017
Is MiraLax safe? The many faces of constipation, The Bristol Scale, Mr Hanky, encopresis, rectal exams, abdominal x-rays, and *The Cheese Grandma!*

Rob and Matt continue to explore the dark mysteries of the colon.
We start by addressing the current controversy of the constipation treatment standby, Miralax. Is this a miracle of a med or a risk to children? Should we “dump” it?

We chat on what constipation is and how it can present itself in children, and “bear down” on how critical a pooping history is to establishing a diagnosis and treatment plan. We cover rectal exams, “push through” a scale for describing poop, and “squeeze out” a discussion on juicing for babies! PP 007 MiralaxPooP Shownotes

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**PP 006 PooPalooza I** Apr 19, 2017
PooPalooza begins! Newborn and Infant BMs, constipation, the mystery of Elvis’s bowels, why poop stinks, a salute to Journalism, the Mutter Museum and Lincoln Logs.

Rob and Matt cover poop from soup to nuts, The names, the colors, the smells, and the constipation epidemic, How the colon works, problems with bowel movements and our deep dive into constipation starting with infants.

Journalism is the bedrock of a free society and we salute it (and are happy to pay for it!) in all its many forms.

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PP 005 Milk & Movies Apr 08, 2017

Comparing Cow milk to plant based milk-like beverages, ugly cow A2 milk, does low-fat milk cause weight gain, cheese whiz, and our annual PP Oscars wrap-up.

Rob and Matt explore all things milk and answer your burning milk based questions. Should the word milk even be used for a plant based beverages? Just how nutritious are these soy, almond, coconut and cashew plant based milk substitutes? What IS cheese whiz and how does one properly order a cheese steak in Philadelphia? Is the A2 milk from down under, produced by ugly cows, better than our A1 milk in the United States? Lastly, is low-fat milk less healthy and does it cause weight gain?

Matt’s homemade nasal saline, Rob’s fun with piercings and tattoos, and twe give our unsolicited take on the the year in movies and The Oscars. PP 005 Milk Movies SHOWNOTESPP 005 Milk Movies SHOWNOTES

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PP 004 The Mylan Rant & Alexander Fitzwilliam Hamilton Mar 08, 2017

Rob RANTS about Big Pharma and Mylan, sellers of epipen, and reveals the shocking connection between Alexander Hamilton and Jane Austen. Plus stitch cutters and anemia, all brought to you by the Republic of Palau!

BIG PHARMA has done amazing things led by many dedicated, selfless individuals BUT soaring drug costs coupled with huge BIG PHARMA profits, fueled by direct consumer marketing and venture capital money, is indefensible. Drug costs are rising more than any other segment of our healthcare industry while BIG PHARMA profits outstrip the rest of healthcare. The winner of our first Podcast Pediatricians rant is Mylan Pharmaceuticals and its CEO Heather Bresch, owners of EpiPen, the branded epinephrine autoinjector that they did not invent. EpiPens treat life threatening allergic reactions in children. Follow this excruciatingly long saga of Mylan greed, incestuous anti-competitive behavior, political nepotism, and incredible price gouging for a device that they buy from an outside manufacturer for less than $35. We then detail Mylan’s shortchanging of Medicaid, staggering compensation packages for its top brass, tax inversion to the Netherlands, allegations of price fixing for its generic products, and a scheme to remove any modicum of price checks. We give some suggestions on alternatives to EpiPens and some national reforms to rein in Big Pharma that should be considered. Then we drop the April 1^st Lin-Manuel Miranda bombshell.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at podcastpediatricians.com

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PP 003 Sleep III & The Delaware Pause Mar 08, 2017

The 6 Teen Sleep Commandments and High School start times, Matt’s Crocs, preventing eczema, Jon Stewart, and rude doctors and parents,

In this episode, we wrap up (for now) our discussion of sleep by covering some topics on many a parent’s Top Ten Frustration list: the sleep pattern of teenagers. Are they really that tired? What is it that is different about teens? Before we delve into that mystery, we discuss two recent studies, one of which may make parents want to be a bit nicer to their child’s doctor, and another which may encourage their babies good and greasy! REM, tonsillectomies, , along with ……(what for it)…….. the Delaware Pause. Join us !

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PP 002 Sleep II & Mary Tyler Moore Mar 08, 2017

The history of sleep, sleep hygiene, a Halloween debacle, twisting ticks, shrink-wrapped sweet potatoes and MTM In this episode, Rob and Matt delve back into the issues of infant sleep. But first, we cover the basics. What is sleep? Why do we need it? How has it, and our concepts of it, changed over the course of history? How and why did artificial light change things forever?

We also review 4 common methods to get those little buggers to cooperate with their exhausted parents, and discuss some of the stumbling blocks parents may trip over on their way to a decent night’s sleep. Night terrors, nightmares, and headbangers (oh my!). We share a model for taking a good sleep history, and pay tribute to the iconic Mary Tyler Moore.

Show notes and links for this episode can be found at podcastpediatricians.com

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PP 001 Intros & Sleep I Mar 08, 2017

Rob Walter and Matt Gotthold kick off our inaugural show with our five infant sleep commandments and then explain why the new AAP infant room sharing recommendations are just wrong, and end with Mr Rogers Tall Man. We are the Podcast Pediatricians! Check out podcastpediatricians.com, which includes show notes and a bibliography for each episode. Co-hosted by two full time community pediatricians who combined have over 50 years of pediatric caregiving – and parenting – experience. We are truly independent voices. We sign our own paychecks and owe no allegiance to any local or national organizations. We offer practical pediatric advice from the front lines. We both LOVE being pediatricians, despite insurance hassles, electronic medical records and silly 3 AM phone calls. We hope to appeal to savvy parents AND pediatric caregivers of all stripes: Family Practitioners, Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Pediatric Physician Assistants, Pediatric Nurses, medical/nursing students, residents and our fellow pediatricians. We plan to highlight one pediatric topic at a time, with historical perspectives and practical advice, sometimes in multiple episodes, often later with a follow-up episode with an expert in that field. Quality pediatric care can be complicated. It is often not black or white – and we revel in the gray. We are hoping to actively engage YOU, our fellow caregivers and parents, with your feedback on podcastpediatricians.com, including pearls and faux pas and suggestions and comments to share. Our conversational tangents may frequently be wide-ranging, often encompassing popular culture and a few rants, but we always try to bring things back to what this podcast is primarily about: the health of children and their families.

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