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.

Parenting: Consider the Option of Telling the Truth

Mom talking to child
[Guest Author] This article on “Telling The Truth” is the twenty-sixth 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. It may have been through this very post that I “met” him several years ago, while I was writing My article on the subject. His URL is now up for sale by a “flipper” and I’ve lost track of him now after COVID; but his content will be here for safe keeping until he wants it back.

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Parenting: Boys and Girls are different

Boys and Girls are different
[Guest Author] This article on boys and girls are different is the twenty-fifth in a series of guest posts 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.

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Veterinarians V Physicians

“What do you call a veterinarian who can only take care of one species? A physician” says Barbara Natterson-Horowitz a cardiologist whose patients include gorillas, lions, wallabies and humans. Her medical rounds sometimes take place at the Los Angeles Zoo; or might include veterinarians in a discussion of human health at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, but always channel the perspective of Charles Darwin.

In this TED talk, she shares how a species-spanning approach to health can improve medical care of the human animal — particularly when it comes to mental health.

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Parenting ADHD: Errors of commission and omission

Gymnastics, good outlet for ADHD

[Guest Author] This Guest Post on Parenting ADHD, Attention Deficit/hyperactivity, is the twenty-forth 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’ve already written a whole series of articles on ADHD myself; and even some on ADHD and puberty. But Dr. Barrett has a perspective of his own. I’ve resurrected his content from his vacant and camped on blog; but I’ve needed to add applicable images and occasional updated information/comments (shaded). Read more →

Parenting: Frequent Illnesses – related to number of past and present exposures

Frequent Illnesses
[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.

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Parenting: Why Not Immunize Children, Parent’s 10 reasons

Smallpox vaccine
[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.

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Julian Burschka What your breath could reveal about your health

There’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.

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