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: Why Not Immunize Children, Parent’s 10 reasons

Smallpox vaccine
[Guest Author] This article on “Why Not Immunize Children” 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 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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Parenting: Fever is Your Friend

over-bundling common cause of fever
[Guest Author] This guest post on fever is your friend is the twenty-second 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.

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Medicine: Do Nothing Whenever Possible

Wonderful medical advances
[Guest Author] This article on Using The Least Treatment or medicine Possible is the Twenty-first 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.

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Parenting: Dealing With Bad “Tween” Behavior

Bad Tween Behaviors
[Guest Author] This article on Bad Tween Behavior 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. 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.

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Parenting: Picky Eaters

Picky Eaters
[Guest Author] This article on Picky Eaters 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. 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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Autism: Autistic Concert Pianist

Autistic concert pianist Derek Paravicini wows the TED audience in this video exhibiting just what a difference careful parenting and education can make in at least one child’s life. Self-taught, from Flight of the Bumblebee at age 4 to the TED stage, Derek and his friend/mentor demonstrate his marvelous abilities.

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