By Josue H. Cortes, MD, FAAP As summer approaches and temperatures heat up, we all start thinking about the fun times that we’ll spend with our loved ones.  At First Choice Pediatrics, we also think it is a good time to review, or learn, some safety guidelines that...

By, Dr. Anca Tomsa, M.D. FAAP     As a general pediatrician it is my duty not only to actively participate in healing our sick children but also in preventing them from becoming sick, and to help families raise healthy children as they are our future.  It is,...

By, Dr. Anca Tomsa, M.D. FAAP     Eczema or Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory, relapsing condition, causing increased pruritus of the skin. AD affects primarily children, with onset before 1 to 5 years of age in 65-85% of affected patients respectively...

By, Dr. Anca Tomsa, M.D. FAAP As winter season arrived in Sunny Florida, despite the overall nice and warm weather, almost every day at least one of my patients will come to clinic sick with high fever and chills, runny nose, body aches, headaches, vomiting and will...

By, Dr. Sharon DiCristofaro, M.D. FAA The challenge to raise healthy active kids seems to become more difficult as our lives become busier.    Electronics have become more than a small part of our children’s lives and going outside to play unsupervised is often more...