This is PediCast.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello, everyone, and welcome.

Once again to Pediacast.

It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the campus of nationwide at Children's Hospital.

We're in Columbus, Ohio.

It is episode 421 for January 16th, 2019.

We're calling this one ibuprofen allergy, fever, truths, and myths. I want to welcome all of you to the program.

It's our first episode of 2019, and right out of the gate, I am starting the new year with a cold.

I feel, actually, I feel pretty good a few days ago, not so much, but the voice just hasn't really recovered yet. Hopefully

it won't be too much of a distraction because we have some great information to cover. And I

really didn't want to postpone this episode because it's been since before the holidays

since we last gathered together. And we've got another show next week and after that and after that.

And really, we had great information to get out. So hopefully my voice won't be too much of a

distraction. I just may have to take more pauses and take more sips of water than normal.

It is the beginning of a new year and it's a great time for resolutions, and that includes

podcast producers and show hosts. So I did come up with the New Year's resolution related to

the podcast, which I will share in a moment. I sort of do this every year. It's just sort of a good

time to make a little bit of an adjustment in how you're doing things, especially when you have a podcast that's been going on as long as Pediacast has. So I'll let you know what we

have in store, kind of what my thoughts are for the coming year of episodes. First, though,

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