May 23rd, 2013

If you are worried about how well your child eats, in terms of both quantity as well as quality — and what parent doesn’t? — then Katie Sullivan Morford offers some sound advice: Wherever your child falls on the spectrum...

May 22nd, 2013

Is your child an every-day pooper?  Are you sure?  A new study, done at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and published in Pediatrics concludes that constipation is the leading cause of emergency department visits due to abdominal pain: The most common diagnosis...

May 21st, 2013

Jessica Tully envisions a day when a life-threatening reaction from the ingestion of peanuts for those who are allergic is a fear of the past: Moms love it for its simplicity; kids love it for its taste. Peanut butter and...

May 20th, 2013

Physical therapist John Duffy has to pick up the pieces when care is delivered poorly elsewhere: One of my new patients yesterday had gone to, let’s say an “alternative” healthcare provider, for her asthma, at the recommendation of a friend....

May 19th, 2013

Frazz by Jef Mallett

May 18th, 2013

  PicPic and Patatrac by Loan Torres on Vimeo.  

May 17th, 2013

Joan Avolio, R.D., wants to help a local high school student get the word out about physical and nutritional fitness on his website “Fitness For Everyone”: Noah Gasch is a Senior at Seneca Valley High School and chose to create a nutrition and fitness...

May 16th, 2013

Maggie Fox must think we pediatricians are quaking in our shoes: To pediatricians, gun control is a public health issue, not a political one. But they’re treading a fine line, and they know it. The American Academy of Pediatrics has begun a renewed push...

  • MEET THE EDITOR

    Ned Ketyer, M.D.

    Ned Ketyer, M.D.

    Dr. Ketyer has special interests in developmental pediatrics and preventative medicine, specifically how nutrition and the environment affect health. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Vermont and his medical degree from Northwestern University Medical School. He completed his residency at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

    As one of the founding physicians of Pediatric Alliance, PC, Dr. Ketyer served as its president from 1997-2004. He has been practicing general pediatrics at Pediatric Alliance since 1990. Dr. Ketyer and his wife have three boys and live in Pittsburgh's South Hills. 



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