pediatric housecalls Robert R. Jarrett M.D. M.B.A. FAAP

Hello, and welcome to Pediatric House Calls. 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.

Childhood Diabetes Update

Update in diabetes care of the pediatric patient

Although, as explained, personal issues prevent me from posting as regularly as I have always done; none-the-less, I still try to keep up with the new developments in pediatrics and one such area is Diabetes in childhood.

I’ll try and update several “discoveries” related to “Diabetes” in the pediatric population that should be posted in this site: 1 – New naming conventions; 2 – that adolescent diabetes is much more refractory to treatment than we had thought; and, 3 – that the FDA has now approved the “artificial pancreas” for use in children with “type 1” diabetes.
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Phone Safety For Kids

What are the rules you should enforce for cell phones in your family?

Let’s face it. A lot of what you (as a parent) worry about these days is stuff that didn’t even enter your parents minds to worry about for you!

AND a lot of what appears on the internet (your largest source of information these days) is superficial, one-size-fits-all, just-get-an-article-written, worthless fluff—if not downright fabrication or scam.
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Dame Cicely Saunders – Nurse, Doctor and Founder of Modern Hospice

Dame Cicely Saunders - founder of modern hospice

Cicely Saunders, or as she would eventually be known: Dame Cicely, is a reaffirming and refreshingly different person entirely than the previous woman physician we listed in our quest through the top 50 most influential physicians of all time.

Both were born to privilege. Both had difficult, parentless upbringings. Both succeeded greatly against odds and difficulties. Both had altruistic desires; but, Dr. Saunder’s difficulties made her a person of great compassion and selflessness.
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Obesity, Underweight – Worldwide Craziness

One year olds - BOTH MALnourished

Obesity is now more common in the world than being underweight! How crazy is that?

Global obesity numbers shot up over 600 percent between 1975 and 2014 and don’t look like they’re slowing down any time soon—is that crazy or not?
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The Most Dangerous Animal On Earth – Mosquitos

The most dangerous animal on earth to humans, cause of incalculable suffering and disease, unseen until too late, nearly impossible to kill, decimating whole populations of continents — the mosquito! This TED talk describes the problem for Africa and the methods being used to eventually solve the problem “down to zero.”

See the video…