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.

2015 Oh What A Year For Advances In Pediatric Medicine!

Advances in pediatric medicine - baby in white coat tie clipboard

Ready or not, here we go again with another year in pediatric medicine. Statistics all start over; so, for things like “rates” (you know: death rates, immunization rates and injury rates) it’s like calling “kings X” and getting to start from scratch.
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2015 Medical Advances: Intro/Index

New ADHK meds

2015 has been an exhaustingly prolific year for making medical advances. [well, most if not all have been done by others; but, I’m still exhausted]

Here is a series of at least two posts which outline the years advances. They, of course, will eventually lead to new guidelines for medical practice (if they haven’t already) so we should at least keep them in mind.

[Late Addition: Benzocaine is reported to be more allergenic when applied topically. But Cortizone IS back over-the-counter these days; although, as a product that’s much more expensive than if they had just left it alone with a few dosage limitations.]

3 Posts in "2015 Med Advances" Series

  • 2015 Medical Advances: Intro/Index – 3 Jan 2016
    The Intro/Index to the 2015 Medical Advances Curated Series of Posts

  • Peanuts - Ear Drops – 4 Jan 2016
    Ready or not, here we go again with another year in pediatric medicine. Peanut allergies, autism genes, strep throats and ear drops.

  • ADHD - Bronchiolitis – 8 Jan 2016
    In this post we will finish the highlights of new research in pediatric medicine by covering the remaining selected issues: ADHD, immunizations and bronchiolitis.


Immunization schedules are updated regularly too; so, if you’re interested, here is a link to the series of Immunization Guidelines.

Peace On Earth

Back in 2010 Japanese GPS artist Yassan (also known as Yasushi Takahashi) wrote the world’s largest marriage proposal by travelling around Japan while recording his GPS track. He holds the Guinness World Record for ‘Largest GPS drawing by an individual’. In the notoriety he found ability to pursue his ambitions, and help from Japan Airlines, enabling him to annotate the earth with his GPS tracks of an important message for the new year: Peach On Earth

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Merry Christmas From Pediatric House Calls

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

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From DJmed.net – Pediatric House Calls

[See you again next year]

 

Let’s Make our Day Harder

Here is Dr. Mike Evans again with another one of his takes on life as we know it. I think he’s got our house bugged with all the insight he has into how we do things. He talks about work and the obesity epidemic.

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