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Holistic Pediatrics for Parents:

Informative and Cutting Edge Radio

The Holistic Pediatric Association (HPA) presents a radio talk show for parents, available to everyone through the Internet. You can listen to all of the archived shows at the HPA Site

The shows are hosted by Randall Neustaedter OMD and Lawrence Palevsky MD.

Dr. Neustaedter is the author of Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents and Education Director of the Holistic Pediatric Association (HPA).

Dr. Palevsky is a pediatrician, and president of the Holistic Pediatric Association (HPA) and the American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA).

Weekly Shows

Each show has one or both doctors interviewing experts, authors and medical providers in the field of holistic pediatrics. This lively talk show offers practical advice to parents who are struggling with the conservative position of conventional pediatrics, seeking alternatives that fit their natural and holistic lifestyles, and looking for a supportive, health promoting, and nontoxic system of health care for their children. Each show will guide parents to the proper resources for further information and follow-through – books, websites, organizations, and practitioners.

Your Hosts

Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc, CCH

Dr. Neustaedter has practiced homeopathy and oriental medicine for over 25 years, specializing in child health care. An accomplished and well-recognized author, he has written The Vaccine Guide: Risks and Benefits for Children and Adults (North Atlantic Books, 2002), a book that helps consumers make informed choices about vaccination.

His new book, Child Health Guide: Holistic Pediatrics for Parents (North Atlantic Books, 2005), represents a state of the art guide to raising children with natural medical care. He can be reached through his extensive website at www.cure-guide.com.

Lawrence Palevsky MD, FAAP, ABHM

Dr. Palevsky is a board certified pediatrician who uses a holistic approach in his practice of pediatric medicine. He integrates the use of western medicine and alternative therapies to prevent and treat children's illnesses, and offers options to families who are interested in a broader medical approach to their children's health and wellness.

Dr. Palevsky received his medical degree from the NYU School of Medicine in 1987. He completed a three year pediatric residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC and a one year fellowship at Bellevue Hospital-NYU School of Medicine in the pediatric outpatient department and emergency room. Dr. Palevsky's clinical practice includes experience in pediatric emergency and intensive care medicine, in-patient and out-patient pediatric medicine, neonatal intensive care medicine, newborn and delivery room medicine and conventional, holistic and integrative pediatric private practice. Further information at www.holisticchildhealth.com.

The HPA: Your Association

The Holistic Pediatric Association (HPA) www.hpakids.org is a non-profit, educational organization that unites parents and holistic health professionals in the common goal of improving and transforming pediatric medicine into a safe, nurturing, and sensible holistic health care system for children. We empower parents to trust their natural wisdom and make informed choices on behalf of their children. We provide child health professionals with online education and support, networking and exposure opportunities for new patients, and comprehensive training in holistic medical models for children.

Through our seminars, conferences, and online education, the HPA teaches pediatricians and other health care professionals alternative approaches and holistic treatments for children's unique health issues. We teach a practical approach to pediatric care that focuses on the principles of health, wellness, and the safe resolution of illness. The HPA promotes an understanding of physical, nutritional, environmental, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being as essential ingredients in creating healthy children. This approach is dedicated to integrating treatments that utilize natural methods to stimulate healing, recover balance, and support the body's own resilience.

The HPA welcomes all health care providers, health care providers-in-training, and students as professional members. We welcome parents and the public to visit our extensive article library, parenting forums, health professional directory, and other online resources.

The HPA website at www.hpakids.org contains a library of pediatric articles, a free subscription to the HPA Newsletter, and online registration for all seminars and conferences.