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insert target below: i.e. YOAST SEO, Polls, feeds, analytics, etc.insert target abovepediatric housecalls Robert R. Jarrett M.D. M.B.A. FAAP Blog Makin' em Better Keepin' em Well Conditions Raisn' em Right Dealin' with Docs Answers Resources Hello , and welcome to . I am… A Physician board certified in Pediatric medicine with Clinical experience including caring for infants, children and teens – well these days mostly children and teens up to twenty-one; An Administrator experienced in top medical management for several national health insurance companies; An Author of health care manuals, newspaper columns and even children's stories; A Business Medical Consultant for drug companies, insurance companies and physician practices; A Veteran of the US Navy in the Vietnam era; And… I make House-Calls. ' section on the pageParenting: Frequent Illnesses – related to number of past and present exposures May 8, 2024 dj[Guest Author] This article on Frequent Illnesses in Kids is the twenty-third in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His web site is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him now after COVID, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back. Read more → ' section on the pageParenting: Why Not Immunize Children, Parent’s 10 reasons May 1, 2024 dj[Guest Author] This article on Why Not Immunize Children” is the twenty-second in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back. An academic professor, he listened, categorized and understood reluctant parents’ reticence to immunize – and talks about them here. Read more → Julian Burschka What your breath could reveal about your health April 24, 2024 djThere’s no better way to stop a disease than to catch and treat it early, before symptoms occur. That’s the whole point of medical screening techniques like radiography, MRIs and blood tests. But there’s one medium with overlooked potential for medical analysis: your breath. Technologist Julian Burschka shares the latest in the science of breath analysis — the screening of the volatile organic compounds in your exhaled breath — and how it could be used as a powerful tool to detect, predict and ultimately prevent disease. See the video… ' section on the pageParenting: Fever is Your Friend April 17, 2024 dj[Guest Author] This guest post on fever is your friend is the twenty-first in a series by a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with because of uncannily similar ideas, opinions and experiences… including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants them back. Read more → ' section on the pageMedicine: Do Nothing Whenever Possible April 10, 2024 dj[Guest Author] This article on Using The Least Treatment or medicine Possible is the Twentieth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. Best Medicine is No Medicine Do Nothing Whenever Possible by Gregory A. Barrett, M.D. Read more → ' section on the pageParenting: Dealing With Bad Tween” Behavior April 3, 2024 dj[Guest Author] This article on Bad Tween Behavior is the nineteenth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. I’m including them here, first: because my friends web site seems to have been hacked” or something; and, second: because sometimes he just takes the words right out of my mouth. Read more → ' section on the pageParenting: Picky Eaters March 27, 2024 dj[Guest Author] This article on Picky Eaters is the eighteenth in a series of guest posts from a pediatrician I’ve never met but have bonded with over sharing ideas, opinions and experiences; including having a penchant for medical blogging. His URL is up for sale, and I’ve lost track of him, but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants them back. Read more → Newer Posts navigation 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 80 Older Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 2 If you’re considering the diseases that all parents should know about, ear infections are hands-down the most common. Why should you know about them? Because they can lead to what some people call glue ear” and that can mean surgery. Here’s all about it. Treating Cough in Infants, Children and Teens A cough is a marvelous mechanism designed to protect the lower respiratory tract from inhalation of food or foreign matter. It is also the prime mechanism for clearing secretions out of the lungs when the natural ciliary function is compromised by acute or chronic infections. (more…) Parenting: An Astronauts Guide To Optimism Parenting things like honesty, integrity, self-reliance, compassion have always been difficult. These days parents are finding even traits like hope and optimism difficult, what with the continued avarice, dishonesty, manipulation and social theatrics all around them. Recurring Vomiting – Tonsillitis in Former Premature Infant [A 3-year-old with recurrent bouts of vomiting and coughing phlegm in the mornings is thought to have a form of tonsillitis” and her mother wonders about a tonsillectomy.] Read more→ Chronic Leg Cramps in Children [A mother wonders if there is a second opinion” somewhere to help with her daughters nightly leg cramps which her current doctor doesn’t seem to see as a significant problem.] (more…) You Can’t Make A Kid Eat → In fact there’s a lot of things you can’t MAKE a kid do—well you could, but not without damaging something. Things like eating, sleeping and going potty are the trifecta” of parenting problems a pediatrician is sought out for to provide counseling and hopefully an answer. A pediatrician on the east coast calls himself A […] Chickenpox – Children’s Video → [Google has stopped showing this video – which makes me sorry, Im not sure where to send you to actually see a live case of ChickenPox anymore.] Here is an entertaining (if you’re a 6 year old) animated video involving Arthur Arthur and his somewhat obnoxious sister who have to deal with Chickenpox – or […] 2018 FLU UPDATE (4/19) • Flu rate has peaked and is now down to baseline levels; • Overall flu-shot effective = 17.7-30% • 151 US children dead, 3/4 didn't have flu-shot • Here are precautions/steps you need to take and links to information written for doctors. /.module noticeWe're Changing Styles The styling of the web site is undergoing extensive modification so be sure and check back frequently to see new things. HOWEVER, for your convenience, content is still available and new medical information continues to be added as usual. /.module notice// How are your children's medical expenses paid? 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