To Swaddle or Not to Swaddle

“Should I swaddle my newborn?” is a common question asked in the exam rooms of Newport Children’s Medical Group (NCMG), a premiere pediatric care team in practice for the last 40 years in California’s Orange County. If done correctly, swaddling a baby in a lightweight cotton blanket is a safe option with benefits for both [...]

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Kitchen Safety Tips for Children

With the adoption of open floor plans in homes, kitchens have become the center of family life. They are the setting for instilling good nutrition habits, family values and safety habits. Dr. Zacharia Reda, CEO of Orange County’s Newport Children’s Medical Group, offers these household safety reminders to parents.  Keep a Kid-safe Kitchen Use the [...]

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Safe Summer: Kids and Hydration

Dr. Reda, CEO of Orange County’s Newport Children’s Medical Group, reminds parents, coaches and other caretakers, to optimize hydration of their young charges during the heat and humidity of summer. Children may be too young to purposefully drink enough during hot steamy days or be too preoccupied to stop play in order to drink. A [...]

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Concussion a Risk for Young Athletes

The long-term effects of concussions among professional athletes have been trending in the national media, but children are just as prone to brain injury, especially if they participate in contact and high-risk sports, says Dr. Zacharia Reda, CEO of Orange County’s Newport Children’s Medical Group (NCMG). “As part of our pediatric services, we offer a [...]

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Button Batteries a Hazard to Kids

Little children put things in their mouths. It’s one way they explore their world, but smaller objects can be swallowed accidently, posing a choking threat or damage to soft tissues in the digestive tract, say the experts at Newport Children’s Medical Group (NCMG) in Orange County. “Lithium button batteries pose a particular threat,” says Dr. [...]

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Young Female Athletes at Risk

The pediatric doctors at Orange County’s Newport Children’s Medical Group (NCMG) advocate recreational sports and healthy athletic competition for all our young patients who do not have medical exercise restrictions. Coupled with good nutrition, safety measures, qualified coaching and adequate rest, the groundwork for healthy, lifelong, lifestyle habits can be laid. Today’s cultural pressures, however, [...]

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Dyspraxia: When Speech is Delayed

Some babies and toddlers have trouble learning to talk. They could have hearing deficits, neurological disorders, insufficient environmental stimulation, physical impairment, mental challenges or oral motor dysfunction. Often these speech and language issues are referred to as “dyspraxia,” or “apraxia,” say the experts at Newport Children’s Medical Group (NCMG) in Orange County, Calif. Dyspraxia affects [...]

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Head Lice Not Taboo Topic at NCMG

An outbreak of head lice among school children is not uncommon – even in idyllic places like Orange County, Calif., say the experts at Newport Children’s Medical Group. “Nationally, more than 6 million children are infected with head lice each year,” says Dr. Zacharia Reda, the CEO of Newport Children’s Medical Group (NCMG) and a [...]

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Newport Children’s Medical Group ‘Raising the Bar’

About 3 million people reside in Orange County, Calif., and about 750,000 of those residents are under the age of 18, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau statistics. Fortunately, the region is blessed by top medical facilities and medical talent, so Orange County children have access to some of the best health care in the [...]

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Mystery Rash: Prickly Heat or Poison Ivy?

Has your child developed a rash overnight? Is he or she itchy and irritable? Are the bumps and redness spreading? Rashes and similar skin ailments can stymie even the most astute parents. The pediatric team at Orange County’s Newport Children’s Medical Group (NCMG) offers these guidelines to common childhood rashes. Is it Poison Ivy? If [...]

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Tips to Prevent Diaper Rash

Our team of pediatric doctors at Orange County’s Newport Children’s Medical Group (NCMG) has seen a lot of babies during our 40 years in practice. Needless to say, we are no stranger to diaper rash. Constant moisture, warmth and darkness will bring on a case of “red bottom” faster than you can open a box [...]

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Children Get Warts, Too

Warts are stereotypically associated with toads and witches and other storybook characters, but warts are a real world issue for many children, say the doctors at Newport Children’s Medical Group, a premiere pediatric practice that has been serving Orange County for four decades. In fact, between 10 and 20 percent of children have experienced common [...]

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Johanna Rodriguez-Toledo, M.D., FAAP

Johanna Rodriguez-Toledo, M.D., FAAP, completed her residency in Pediatrics at University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Dr. Rodriguez-Toledo graduated with honors from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Mexico, were she received her medical degree.  She also completed her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with honors from the University [...]

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