Breastfeeding or Formula: Which Is Right for You?
Everyone wants the best for their baby. Take a moment to learn what might be best for yours — breastfeeding or formula.
Sima Stein, MD, is a well-known and much-respected pediatrician who leads the team at Stein Pediatrics in San Jose, California. She provides high-quality, personalized medical care to infants, children, teenagers, and young adults.
Dr. Stein welcomes patients up to 21 years of age and offers a full range of skilled medical services in an inviting, patient-focused environment. One of her goals throughout her career has been creating long-term relationships with her young charges and their parents.
Her expertise includes evaluation and management of newborns, sick-child visits, as well as monitoring childhood development, which includes gross and fine motor skills, cognition, and speech. She’s a longtime advocate of helping prevent childhood illnesses through parental instruction, healthy nutrition, and preventive medicine.
Her outreach to the teens and young adults in her community includes education, screening, and treatment regarding sports injuries, acne, birth control counseling, STDs, and healthy lifestyle choices such as routine exercise.
Even her offices are designed with her patients and their parents in mind. Her waiting rooms include a separate area that helps limit contact between patients scheduled for well-child exams and routine monitoring and those who are feeling ill.
There’s a private room available for nursing mothers, should they wish to use it, and a pharmacy nearby for convenience. Patients and parents alike will appreciate the toys, books, and popular high-resolution videos available to help relieve boredom.
Stein Pediatrics is equipped to provide services in English, Chinese, Hindu, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. Dr. Stein is also certified to conduct immigration medical exams.
Dr. Stein is a board-certified pediatrician who received her medical degree from Second Moscow State Medical Institute. She completed residency programs in pediatrics at New York Methodist Hospital and Stanford University Medical Center.
Abbott has initiated a proactive, voluntary product recall of certain powder formulas (Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare) manufactured in Sturgis, Michigan, one of the company’s manufacturingfacilities.
The products under recall have a multidigit number on the bottom of the container starting with the first two digits 22 through 37, contains K8, SH, or Z2 and with an expiration date of April 1, 2022, or after.
If your baby has been consuming either of these formulas, and you are experiencing any symptoms such as, but not limited to,
Please call or email us at your earliest convenience for a further discussion. The care and safety of our patients are our top priority, we are here to help!
(To find out if a product is included in this recall, visit similacrecall.com and type in the code on the bottom of the package, or call +1-800-986-8540 (U.S.) and follow the instructions provided. No action is needed for previously consumed products.)
At Stein Pediatrics, we accept most major insurance plans. Here is a short-list of some of the most popular plans we accept. Please contact our office if you do not see your insurance provider listed.
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