maiagaithers
Dr. Maia Alees Gaither is a Board Certified Pediatrician and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, as well as a Doctor of Medicine degree from Howard University. She trained as an Intern and Resident at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles which was ranked the number four Pediatric Hospital in the Country by U.S. News and World Report.
She now works at Children’s Comprehensive Medical Group in Los Angeles with the Clinical Chief of Pediatrics of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.She currently can be seen as a Pediatric Expert on KCET’s Emmy Nominated television show “A Place of Our Own” which airs in Los Angeles daily, but it is scheduled to begin airing nationwide soon.
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Obesity in Children
11 months, 3 weeks agoChildhood overweight and obesity is a growing problem today. About one-third of the children in this country are overweight.[1] That equals about 9 million children. An additional 15% of our children are at risk for becoming overweight.[2] Overweight adolescents have a 70% chance of becoming overweight or obese adults. That risk increases to 80% if one of their parents is overweight.[3]
Summer Safety For Kids
11 months, 3 weeks agoSummer is coming so it is time to prepare. The Emergency Room Visits for injuries peaks in the summer months. Almost a third of all Emergency Room visits for children 0 to 17 years of age are due to unintentional injuries (1). It is also the leading cause of death in Children 1 to 17 years old (2). A lot of these injuries can be prevented:
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