From Dr. B

I recently returned from a week in Costa Rica, and I brought home some eye-opening knowledge about this Central American wonderland that I want to share.

As influenza season rolls into its fourth month, we at Eugene Pediatric Associates are working hard to get the children in our practice vaccinated.

I am the mother of a college student. It's still hard to believe, even after flying nearly 3,000 miles across the country last week with my oldest son, Jack, to get him settled on the University of Virginia campus.

Questions are being posed about the manufacturing processes involved in baby food after a consumer watchdog group found detectable levels of lead in 20 percent of the food samples it analyzed.

My oldest child just graduated from high school. As he donned his cap and gown and accepted his diploma, the realization hit me like a brick. He's really growing up—and I'm not ready.

Did you know that the United States is one of the most linguistically diverse nations on the planet? With over 350 languages spoken in our country, approximately 1 in 5 children speak a non-English language, with Spanish being the second-most common.