Pediatric Health�s website and blog have a fresh new look!   We have added quite a bit of new information for you including:

�       Symptom checker -- not sure whether to call or come in to our office? This is perfect to help you sort out the issues to consider.

         �       Health Articles
         �       More forms you can download and fill out at your convenience
         �       Email the office for billing and general non-urgent questions
         �       Vaccination Information from the Center for Disease Control (CDC)
         �       Expectant Parents Section
         �       New Patients Section
         �       Medical Home Section for our special needs families
         �       Facebook and Twitter links to share
         �       New Bolingbrookoffice information
You can check out our new website at www.pedhealth.net
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When you are in the office pick up our newly designed brochure.   You are welcome to take a couple of extras to share with friends or family.  This is especially helpful for expectant parents!  Don�t forget we also have a �get acquainted� session for expectant parents which gives them the opportunity to ask questions and check out the facility.   Just have them call the office to reserve their space.
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Upcoming Seminars:
Just a reminder for our parents of multiples that there is a free seminar Wednesday, March 13^th from 7:00-8:30 pm entitled �Raising Twins: How to Survive and Thrive� and will be held at the Nichols Library here in Naperville.  Speakers will be Shelly Flais, MD and Julian Tang, MD who are both parents of twins.  Dr. Flais is also the author of �Raising Twins From Pregnancy to Preschool� which was published by the American Academy of Pediatrics.    This is a great opportunity to ask questions and even meet with other parents of multiples.

A new seminar is also available at the Bolingbrook Hospitalon childhood obesity on Thursday, March 21^st.  Nithya Sunder MD will be speaking on childhood obesity at the Bolingbrook Hospital on Thursday, March 21^st at 7 pm.

Please feel free to call the office if you have questions about either seminar at 630.717.2300.

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Help our troops!
All over the world our armed forces are deployed helping to keep the peace in these turbulent times.  Our forces in the Middle Eastespecially are placed in harm�s warm every day.

PHA Nurse Practitioner Martha Strening volunteers with �Operation Support Our Troops America".   Their mission is improve the morale of our troops, support the families who have a loved one deployed and provide help and support for the returning wounded.  

Together with other volunteers, she prepares �care packages� to send to our service members.   For the first time, the shelves are pretty bare and they need your help.     Chicagoarea Jewel Food Stores will be collecting items for the troops this coming Saturday and Sunday.   Won�t you please consider donating when you are shopping at Jewel this weekend? 

 Here is a list of needed items:

• Foil packages of tuna
• Cold Drink Mix to put in bottled water
• Beef Jerky/Slim Jims
• Canned Fruit (20 ounces or less)
• AA or AAA Batteries
• Ziploc Bags (no slider bags please!)
• Jelly (32 ounces or less in plastic jars)
• Peanut Butter (28 ounces or less)
• Coffee singles or 1 lb. bags of ground coffee
• Pain Relievers (Tylenol, Advil)
• Lotion for men (18 ounces or less in plastic bottles)
• Lip balm (Chapstick)
• Mouthwash (250 mil or less in plastic bottles)
• Body wash for men (18 ounces or less in plastic bottles)

No time to shop?   It cost approximately $25 to ship one package.   Your financial support is greatly appreciated�.to donate please visit www.osotamerica.org