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Parenting: Circumcision
Parenting: The “C” Word—Colic
Why Is Meningitis So Dangerous?
Parenting: The most common cause of feeling tired is being tired
Parenting: Frequent Illnesses – related to number of past and present exposures
Parenting: Fever is Your Friend
Medicine: Do Nothing Whenever Possible
Autism: Autistic Concert Pianist
Parenting: How To Give Medicine To A Child
New Concussion Biomarker Possible For Children’s Head Injuries
Medical Marijuana – What, If Anything, Is it Good For?
Medical Marijuana
Marijuana: Test What You Know
Marijuana Series: Intro/Index
Appendicitis
Head Lice and Tea Tree Oil
Common Foreign Bodies Found In Children and Teens
What’s Eating You? Ticks and Fleas
What’s Eating You? Bedbugs, Mites and Lice
Children’s Bacterial Skin Infections
Cardiac Arrest: Commotio Cordis – Prevention, Return To Play
Cardiac Arrest: Commotio Cordis – Treatment and Prevention
Sudden Cardiac Death in Child Athletes
Child Cardiac Arrest: Intro/Index
Otitis Externa: Swimmer’s Ear, More Than An Annoyance
Mosquito Illnesses – Zika, Dengue and Others
Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) – Lachman Test
Common Pediatric Recreation and Sport’s Injuries – Part Two
Common Pediatric Sports and Recreational Injuries – Fractures
Allergy: Spring Hay Fever and Otherwise
Five Things You Should Know About Concussion and Contact Sports
Heat Illness In Children: Heat Stroke, Rash, Exhaustion
10 Travel Diseases to Consider – Part 2
10 Travel Diseases to Consider Before and After the Trip
Ten Travel Diseases: Intro/Index
Tonsillectomy – part two
Tonsillectomy – Risks and Benefits
Urinary Tract Infections in Children
Sunburn in Infants, Children and Adolescents
Respiratory Hazards of Wood Stoves
Meningitis In Children
New Guidelines: Autism, Flu and ACL Tears
New Kids Health Guidelines In 2014
2014: New Medical Guidelines Intro/Index
Scabies “Seven Year Itch” – a Comeback in Children
Bug Bites Series: Intro/Index
Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 10
Diseases Parents Should Know, 9 – Flu, Impetigo, Ringworm
Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 8
Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 7
Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 6
Kawasaki Disease: A Parent’s Guide
Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 5
Summer Childhood Illnesses and Injuries – Part 2
Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 4
Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 3
Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 2
Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 1
Diseases All Parents Should Know Series: Intro/Index
Difference Between Flu and Colds
Numbered Diseases of Childhood: SIXTH Disease – Roseola
Numbered Diseases of Childhood: FIFTH Disease – Erythema Infectiosum
Numbered Diseases of Childhood: FOURTH Disease – Filatov-Dukes’ Disease
Numbered Diseases of Childhood: THIRD Disease – Rubella
Numbered Diseases of Childhood: SECOND Disease – Scarlet Fever
Numbered Diseases of Childhood: FIRST Disease – Measles
Numbered Diseases of Childhood: Rashes
Childhood Rashes and Numbered Diseases: Intro/Index
Migraine Headache in Children
Spinal Taps in Children
Stings and Bites in Children
Scabies in Children
Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac in Children
Power Lawn Mower Injuries in Children
Leg Cramps in Children
Children’s Back To School Medical Problems – Part 2
Children’s Back To School Medical Problems – Part 1
Back To School: Series Intro/Index
Head Injury in Children
Treating Fever in Infants, Children and Teens
How to Take A Temperature: Child
Hospitalized Newborns – One
Drugs and Breast Milk – Alcohol Withdrawal
Childhood Concussion Series: Intro/Index
Bed Wetting (Enuresis) — Part 2
Bed Wetting (Enuresis) – 1
Keeping Sick Kids Home from School or Daycare
Treating Cough in Infants, Children and Teens
Constipation and Soiling in Children
Infant Colic
Treating Children’s and Teen’s Colds
Allergy (atopy) in infants, children and adolescents
Alcohol Intoxication in Children
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) Series: Intro/Index
Adolescent Acne – diagnosis and treatment methods
Parenting: Circumcision
Parenting: Boys and Girls are different
Parenting: Why Not Immunize Children, Parent’s 10 reasons
Three Magic Questions of Breastfeeding
Parenting: Never Trust Newborns
Parenting: Toilet Training Is Not a Parenting Test
Teenagers: Maturing and “THE Talk”
Parenting: Four bad ages
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
More Medical Proverbs – Do They Work?
Health Proverbs: Where Did They Come From?
Vintage Proverbs: Intro/Index
Puberty and Underwear:
Boxers, Briefs or Commando?
Children’s Fitness: The Bleep Test
Children’s Health: Less Healthy Than 50 Years Ago
Reasons Why Parents Choose Not To Immunize Their Children
Immunization v. Vaccination: A Story of Gullibility, Fear, Despicable Avarice and Scams – Part 2
Immunization v. Vaccination: A Story of Gullibility, Fear, Despicable Avarice and Scams
Yoga For Children and Stress Reduction
Meditation For Kids and Time-Outs
Safe Sleep For Infants: SIDS & SUIDs
Infant Circumcision Now Both Advised and Safer
Sexual Attraction and Orientation
Am I Ready To Have Sex?
Parenting About Sex, Pressure and Promiscuity
Puberty: Psychological Stages
Body Odor
Puberty: Tanner Stages – Boys
Puberty: Tanner Stages – Girls
Puberty: Tanner Stages and Growth
Puberty Series: Intro/Index
Measles: The Real Evidence
Internet Vaccination Advice Nearly Killed Their Son
Breastfeeding – Recent Findings and Recommendations
Breastfeeding and Human Milk
Why We Need a “Good Night’s Sleep”
Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 3
An Eye Exam On A Smart Phone?
Parenting Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 2
Parenting Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 1
Breastfeeding Series: Intro/Index
Child/Teen Immunization Schedule, 2014: Changes You Should Know
Innocent Heart Murmurs in Children
Immunization Schedule: Birth to Eighteen
Obesity Series: Intro/Index
What’s Wrong With Our Food System: Birke Baehr
Children’s Sleep: Series Intro/Index
New Concussion Guidelines For Children’s Sports
Children’s TV Screen Time: Consequences, Limits, Interventions – Part 1
Boys and Body Image
Childhood Immunization: Updated 2013 guidelines
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Intro/Index
Immunization Safety Series: Intro/Index
Children’s Sports
Children’s Athletic Warmups
You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
The Pediatric Physical Examination
How To Kill A Child Athlete
Children’s Jogging
Emergency Medical System (EMS) – Prevention
Infant Circumcision
Dental ID of Children
Dental Care of Children and Teens – causes and prevention of caries (cavities)
Do You Take Your Body For Granted
Children’s Health and Fitness: Intro/Index
Parenting: The “C” Word—Colic
Parenting ADHD: Errors of commission and omission
Autism: Autistic Concert Pianist
ADHD and Puberty – Part Two
Hyperactivity and Puberty – “ADHD on Testosterone”
Childhood Diabetes Update
The Charles Bonnett Syndrome: An Under-reported Phenomenon
As Much As You Want To Know About Autism – FIVE Videos
ADHD: Treatment Followup – Lifelong Learning
ADHD, Hyperactivity: Don’t JUST Take My Word For It
Hyperactivity Treatment: Cognitive Training, Medication or Both
Hyperactivity Treatment: What Really Works… Really
Hyperactivity Treatment: Is There ANYTHING That Really Works?
Best Treatment For ADHD: Success In Something
Hyperactivity: The Boy or Girl – The Patient
Hyperactivity: First, The Diagnosis
ADHD, ADD, HK, ADHK, LDHK, MBD, Hyperactive, “Slow”
Night Terrors and Nightmares
To Understand Autism
New Guidelines: Autism, Flu and ACL Tears
Childhood Diabetes and a New Medicine – Part 2
Childhood Diabetes and a New Medicine – Part 1
What We Know About Autism
Leg Pain on One Side in Children – Perthes Disease
Childhood Diabetes: Intro/Index
Speech “Non-fluency” – Stammering, Hesitancy, Delay, and Stuttering in children.
Amblyopia and Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
Parenting: Circumcision
Parenting: The “C” Word—Colic
Parenting: “Local Expert on Tattoos and Body Piercings Passed Away”
Parenting: The most common cause of feeling tired is being tired
Parenting: Natural Consequences are the Best Discipline
Parenting: Consider the Option of Telling the Truth
Parenting: Boys and Girls are different
Parenting ADHD: Errors of commission and omission
Parenting: Frequent Illnesses – related to number of past and present exposures
Parenting: Why Not Immunize Children, Parent’s 10 reasons
Parenting: Fever is Your Friend
Medicine: Do Nothing Whenever Possible
Parenting: Dealing With Bad “Tween” Behavior
Parenting: Picky Eaters
Golden Rule of Parenting: Sleeping Through The Night
Parenting: Be selfish
Parenting: The Two Greatest Barriers To Parenting – Money and Education
Three Magic Questions of Breastfeeding
Parenting: My Malaprop Mom
Parenting: Seventh Grade is a pivot point
Parenting Is Saying No
Parenting: Good behavior is expected, not rewarded
Parenting: Never Trust Newborns
Parenting: How To Give Medicine To A Child
Parenting: Talk To Strangers
Parenting: Take Credit For The Good Things About Your Children, Blame Others For The Bad
Parenting: Draw your own circles
Parenting: Toilet Training Is Not a Parenting Test
Teenagers: Maturing and “THE Talk”
Most Important Parenting, When It Appears The Least
Parenting: Four bad ages
Choose Your Battles With Teens Over Hair and Clothing
Real Pediatrics: Dr. Gregory Alan Barrett
Sleep Problems: Older Children, Toddlers, Stumbling Blocks
When Should School Start For Teens
Telling Truth or Lies to Children: Parenting
Discipline, Parents, Kids and “Natural Consequences”
Parenting: Discipline
Doctor’s Talking About Puberty and Sex
Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids — without over-parenting
Why Kids Today Don’t Know How Much Fun a Road Trip Can Be
Why So Many Illnesses In My Child
Yogi Berra’s Tips For Practicing Medicine and Parenthood
Parenting: A Good Night’s Sleep, Infant Sleep Training
Parenting: Good Night’s Sleep
Teaching Teens About Healthy Relationships
Am I Ready To Have Sex?
Parenting About Sex, Pressure and Promiscuity
Parenting: 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do
Nose Picking In Public a Habit To Break
A Good Book is Like A Secret Door
Parenting: An Astronauts Guide To Optimism
Parenting: Loss and Grief – My Velveteen Rabbit
The Simple Power of Hand Washing
Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 3
Parenting Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 2
Parenting Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 1
Parenting Advice to Ignore Series: Intro/Index
Discipline in a Non-Confrontational Parent
Discipline Series: Intro/Index
When I Grow Up – I Wanna Be Happy
Parenting About Sex, Pressure and Promiscuity Series: Intro/Index
Children’s Self Esteem
Traveling With Children – a Secret Weapon
When Children Travel Alone
Stress In Children
Sibling Rivalry
School PHOBIA
Instilling Concern and Respect For Others In Children and Teens
Children’s Ability To Read
Just A Part Time Kid – Divorce Part 2
Just A Part Time Kid – Divorce Part 1
Choosing a Name For a Child
Healing Hugs – Sometimes the Best Medicine
Feeling – A Special Sense
Growing Up – When Did THAT Happen?
Parenting: Attitudes – Unintentional Learning
Parenting Children and Teens to Be Achievers
Veterinarians V Physicians
Obscure Medical Terms
Charles D. Kelman – Revolutionized Care of Cataracts
Cicely D. Williams
Dame Cicely Saunders – Nurse, Doctor and Founder of Modern Hospice
Most Influential Doctor: David L. Sackett – Evidence-based Medicine
15 Accidental Medical Discoveries – Part III
15 Accidental Medical Discoveries – Part II
Accidental Medical Discoveries – New Series
E. Donnall Thomas, Joseph Murray-Most Influential Doctors
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Watson, Crick, DNA, Nobel Prize
Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil: Micro-Surgery, Neurologic Pioneer
George Papanicolaou: Cytopathology, Cancer
James Parkinson: Social Activist and Advocate, Parkinson’s Disease and Palentology
John Snow: Water Pumps, Cholera and Epidemiology
10 Medical Breakthroughs Unaccepted At First – Part Three
10 Medical Breakthroughs Unaccepted At First – Part Two
Joseph Kirsner: Colon Cancer, IBS, Educator, Doctor
10 Medical Breakthroughs Unaccepted At First – Part One
Medical Breakthroughs, Unaccepted, Rejected and Attacked (at first)
#40 Lawrence (Larry) Einhorn (1942-)
Robert Koch: Modern Bacteriology
Stanley Dudrick: Total Parenteral Nutrition
Stanley Prusiner: Neurodegenerative Diseases
Victor McKusick: Medical Genetics
Virginia Apgar: Blue Babies
William Harvey – Discovery of Circulation
Zora Janžekovič – Pediatric Burn Pioneer
Doctor Helen Brooke Taussig – World Renowned Cardiologist
Doctor Henry Gray (1827-1861) – Anatomist, Author, Devoted Uncle
50 Influential Docs in History: Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881)
Top 50 Most Influencial Doctors of All Time: Intro/Index
Yogi Berra’s Tips For Practicing Medicine and Parenthood
When Doctors Don’t Do A Good Physical Exam – Patients Loose
Communication With Your Doctor – when things don’t seem to be going right
Cost Effective Medicine – why can’t we seem to find it?
Grandma’s Who Haven’t Seen Measles
