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.

The “Art” Of Caring in Children’s Surgery

Ok, this is here because it rings a very loud bell in my head remembering Doctor Richard Elwin (1930-2004) at Primary Children’s Hospital. Anesthesiologist, physician’s physician par excellence! I was the student, he the mentor who taught me that: “when a child cries—you failed… everything else like surgery, procedures etc. is secondary.”

Dr. Elwin routinely did all that this doctor shows us and more—in the era of Sesame Street before PCs or internet. Dr. Rodriguez’s parent’s watched Sesame Street, he’s kickin’ it up a notch!

 

 

 

I’m terribly sorry.

This was one of my favorite video posts because it rang a bell in my personal memories so loudly. However, between Stanford University going through whatever they go through; and the videoplayer company this video was posted on (brightcove) deciding they only wanted to be a paid version; and the world conspiring to make anything having to do with caring for a child off-limits to the internet (I guess) — this video has been taken down from their servers. I can’t even give you a like to go find it on their servers.

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Medical Marijuana

Marijuana while pregnant is more damaging than tobacco while pregnant. Both commit children to life-long medical, emotional and educational issues

Perhaps most, if not all, of you think of gangsters, terrorists, drug dealers and low-life “users” when you think of the word marijuana. And, with all the idiocy going on by politicians over “legalization” you might also think of societal breakdown, corruption, destruction of families… loss of moral values.

Or, after being beaten into a frazzle by the constant bombardment of so-called “do-gooders” on the media, you may be starting to feel guilty for living the life you’ve always lived trying to do right, knowing what you know about human nature and thinking what you think about the good and evil you’ve seen all around you during your life.
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George Papanicolaou: Cytopathology, Cancer

Dr. George Nicholas Papanicolaou, inventor of the "pap smear" test for cervical cancer

If Dr. George Papanicolaou isn’t considered with our list of the top 50 influential physicians of all time; then, who is?

I must confess that I must have said the words “Pap test” thousands of times in my training without once thinking about the man whose name those words were associated with.
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Marijuana: Test What You Know

Marijuana: "It don't hurt nobody"-who the hell are you kidding?

Yea, I know there have been some reports about possible “benefits” of smoking Marijuana but you have to realize that I’m from THE generation where Leary convinced millions of gullibles to indiscriminately use drugs of all kinds with the sweeping generality: “look man, it don’t hurt nobody if I do it!”

That was looooong before the goofball that told me that had absolutely ANY proof of what he was saying… one way or the other. NOW we do!
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Prenatal Marijuana (Cannabis) and Brains

Do you really have to ask? YES, smoking marijuana is damaging to a pregnant women's baby!

To my way of thinking the very thought that medical researchers are forced to stop what they are doing on important issues beyond our control and do research to prove that marijuana is bad for you and shouldn’t be used as a “toy” is unconscionable to the extreme.

We just can’t let the scammers and dealers destroy unborn babies like they did pushing tobacco however; so, that’s just what researchers had to do.
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Marijuana Series: Intro/Index

medical marijuana

I am aware of possible “benefits” of Marijuana; except I remember that Timothy Leary convinced millions of gullibles to use drugs of all kinds, with the sweeping generality: “look man, it don’t hurt nobody if I do it!”

So, I’m not going to argue about it or accept opinions or moral pronouncements, just deal with substantiated facts. If nothing rises to the top either way, so-be-it.

Cannabis research barely exists because it’s been illegal; but “recreational use,” has disclosed its effects on brain structure—Marijuana is NOT the innocuous panacea the marijuana lobby touts!

Marijuana IS STILL (maybe more so) the leading “gateway drug” to a life of crime and decadency for the youth of every country; with HUGELY EVIL ulterior motives in every political decision made.

5 Posts in "Marijuana" Series

  • Marijuana Series: Intro/Index – 20 Sep 2017
    Lot's being said about marijuana these days. Initially it was only an extreme liberal issue, now its into mainstream liberal vocabulary. Is there such a thing as "medical" marijuana, and could it be useful for anything? Explanation in this series.

  • Prenatal Marijuana & Brains – 21 Sep 2017
    The harm of marijuana during pregnancy—The Smoking Gun, it does alter children’s brains!

  • Medical marijuana, test what you know – 25 Sep 2017
    Scroll down to see the answer in this article that tests you existing knowledge about medical marijuana.

  • Medical Marijuana – 4 Oct 2017
    Looking beyond the smoke, this unintentionally long series of posts continues describing the body's own cannabinoid system.

  • What It's Good For – 12 Oct 2017
    Is marijuana good for anything, anything at all? I mean even medical marijuana, or is it just a scam by liberal druggies trying to scam their way into a backdoor?


 

Children’s Fitness: The Bleep Test

A previous article compared children’s health of today with those of 50 years ago and found our kids come up wanting. The fitness of your child can be easily improved by making a game out of “the BLEEP” test, a 20 meter (21.87 yards) running aerobic fitness test done in time to “BLEEPS”—or beeps—on a music player.

See the video…