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Flu Shot 2015-16

October 23, 2015

Boy child in ICU on respirator with influenza

I’m sure you realize that it’s pretty much impossible to predict which of the hundreds of variants of influenza virus will “win out” and spread throughout the world in any given year – or which flu shot vaccine we should begin making nearly a year in advance!
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Parenting: 5 Things Dad’s Should Teach Their Sons

October 19, 2015

It was quite some time ago now (almost two years) that I accidentally ran across a posting on one of the many “mommy blogs” entitled “Five Things Dad’s Should Teach Their Sons” and decided to think about linking to it in some way.
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Sorry – On A Health Related Sabbatical

October 14, 2015

[Frequent readers have most likely noticed that the Pediatric House Calls publishing schedule has gotten a bit discombobulated of late. This is due to a health related sabbatical by its only author. Sorry, perhaps we’ll resume new postings next week – till then why not use the archives links in the sidebar. They are both by date and by category. Or use the search bar for posts mentioning your specific words.]

Ten Uncool Things About Getting Older →

October 6, 2015

[Site no longer active] Believe me, Ms “Lucky Orange Pants,” a “mommy blogger” who makes me smile, doesn’t yet have a clue what the “real” sucky things are about getting older; but, she shows a remarkable understanding for someone so… not quite so young anymore.
[Site no longer active – which makes me sorry, you should have seen it in it’s day!]

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Latif Nasser: The man who gave us modern pain relief

September 28, 2015

A Doctor with a deep, embarrassing secret. A circus strong man-wrestler with a secret that might destroy his career. Together they literally altered the course of doctors treating patients at the most basic level. This short video is about how it happened – really worth watching… really!

See the video…

Infant Circumcision Now Both Advised and Safer

September 24, 2015

Circumcisions shown beneficial but still controversial

I’m not sure how to write about some new research on infant circumcision because I am aware that the subject has seemed to develop sort of a cult of non-believers not dissimilar to that of the non-immunizers.
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Bedtime Stories

September 20, 2015

We’ve had plenty of previous posts about reading to children and its benefits. We haven’t however specifically mentioned the benefits of this parenting practice at bedtime – until a few days ago.
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Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 7

Deadly and debilitating, both are dangerous maladies plaguing every family with an involved child before the advent of Penicillin, pretty much the first antibiotic. Meningitis was almost uniformly fatal and “strep” throat debilitatingly producing scarlet fever and heart disease. These too, all parents should know about if only to provided historical context and understanding about why we think and do like we do.

ADHD, Hyperactivity: Don’t JUST Take My Word For It

Here is another pediatric specialist’s advice about ADHD from his position on a medical university faculty.

How To Talk To Teens and Other People

Celeste Headlee: 10 ways to have a better conversation

The term “conversation” does imply two way talking and sharing; but, not at the same time of course. The problem is that often conversations are nothing more than two people taking turns talking while giving different speeches. Stephen R. Covey observes that: “most don’t listen to understand. Most people listen with the intent to reply.” That won’t do if you really want to “talk” to a teen and NPRs Celeste Headlee tells you why… along with how to do it more effectively.