Vintage Advice: Hair, Tuberculosis and Skin
One only needs to peruse the pages of an old medical text to see how much things have changed in the past 100 years.
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- ADHD and Puberty – Part Two
- ADHD, ADD, HK, ADHK, LDHK, MBD, Hyperactive, “Slow”
- ADHD, Hyperactivity: Don’t JUST Take My Word For It
- ADHD: Treatment Followup – Lifelong Learning
- Amblyopia and Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip
- As Much As You Want To Know About Autism – FIVE Videos
- Autism: Autistic Concert Pianist
- Best Treatment For ADHD: Success In Something
- Childhood Diabetes and a New Medicine – Part 1
- Childhood Diabetes and a New Medicine – Part 2
- Childhood Diabetes Update
- Childhood Diabetes: Intro/Index
- Hyperactivity and Puberty – “ADHD on Testosterone”
- Hyperactivity Treatment: Cognitive Training, Medication or Both
- Hyperactivity Treatment: Is There ANYTHING That Really Works?
- Hyperactivity Treatment: What Really Works… Really
- Hyperactivity: First, The Diagnosis
- Hyperactivity: The Boy or Girl – The Patient
- Leg Pain on One Side in Children – Perthes Disease
- New Guidelines: Autism, Flu and ACL Tears
- Night Terrors and Nightmares
- Speech “Non-fluency” – Stammering, Hesitancy, Delay, and Stuttering in children.
- The Charles Bonnett Syndrome: An Under-reported Phenomenon
- To Understand Autism
- What We Know About Autism
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- #40 Lawrence (Larry) Einhorn (1942-)
- 10 Medical Breakthroughs Unaccepted At First – Part One
- 10 Medical Breakthroughs Unaccepted At First – Part Three
- 10 Medical Breakthroughs Unaccepted At First – Part Two
- 15 Accidental Medical Discoveries – Part II
- 15 Accidental Medical Discoveries – Part III
- 50 Influential Docs in History: Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881)
- Accidental Medical Discoveries – New Series
- Charles D. Kelman
- Cicely D. Williams
- Communication With Your Doctor – when things don’t seem to be going right
- Cost Effective Medicine – why can’t we seem to find it?
- Dame Cicely Saunders – Nurse, Doctor and Founder of Modern Hospice
- Doctor Helen Brooke Taussig – World Renowned Cardiologist
- Doctor Henry Gray (1827-1861) – Anatomist, Author, Devoted Uncle
- E. Donnall Thomas, Joseph Murray-Most Influential Doctors
- Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
- Elizabeth Blackwell
- George Papanicolaou: Cytopathology, Cancer
- Grandma’s Who Haven’t Seen Measles
- James Parkinson: Social Activist and Advocate, Parkinson’s Disease and Palentology
- John Snow: Water Pumps, Cholera and Epidemiology
- Joseph Kirsner: Colon Cancer, IBS, Educator, Doctor
- Mahmut Gazi Yaşargil: Micro-Surgery, Neurologic Pioneer
- Medical Breakthroughs, Unaccepted, Rejected and Attacked (at first)
- Most Influential Doctor: David L. Sackett – Evidence-based Medicine
- Obscure Medical Terms
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- Stanley Dudrick: Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Stanley Prusiner: Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Top 50 Most Influencial Doctors of All Time: Intro/Index
- Victor McKusick: Medical Genetics
- Virginia Apgar: Blue Babies
- Watson, Crick, DNA, Nobel Prize
- When Doctors Don’t Do A Good Physical Exam – Patients Loose
- William Harvey – Discovery of Circulation
- Yogi Berra’s Tips For Practicing Medicine and Parenthood
- Zora Janžekovič – Pediatric Burn Pioneer
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- 10 Travel Diseases to Consider – Part 2
- 10 Travel Diseases to Consider Before and After the Trip
- 2014: New Medical Guidelines Intro/Index
- Adolescent Acne – diagnosis and treatment methods
- Alcohol Intoxication in Children
- Allergy (atopy) in infants, children and adolescents
- Allergy: Spring Hay Fever and Otherwise
- Appendicitis
- Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) Series: Intro/Index
- Autism: Autistic Concert Pianist
- Back To School: Series Intro/Index
- Bed Wetting (Enuresis) – 1
- Bed Wetting (Enuresis) — Part 2
- Bug Bites Series: Intro/Index
- Cardiac Arrest: Commotio Cordis – Prevention, Return To Play
- Cardiac Arrest: Commotio Cordis – Treatment and Prevention
- Child Cardiac Arrest: Intro/Index
- Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 1
- Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 2
- Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 3
- Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About – Part 4
- Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 10
- Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 5
- Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 6
- Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 7
- Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 8
- Childhood Concussion Series: Intro/Index
- Childhood Rashes and Numbered Diseases: Intro/Index
- Children’s Back To School Medical Problems – Part 1
- Children’s Back To School Medical Problems – Part 2
- Children’s Bacterial Skin Infections
- Common Foreign Bodies Found In Children and Teens
- Common Pediatric Recreation and Sport’s Injuries – Part Two
- Common Pediatric Sports and Recreational Injuries – Fractures
- Conjunctivitis (Pink Eye)
- Constipation and Soiling in Children
- Difference Between Flu and Colds
- Diseases All Parents Should Know Series: Intro/Index
- Diseases Parents Should Know, 9 – Flu, Impetigo, Ringworm
- Drugs and Breast Milk – Alcohol Withdrawal
- Five Things You Should Know About Concussion and Contact Sports
- Head Injury in Children
- Head Lice and Tea Tree Oil
- Heat Illness In Children: Heat Stroke, Rash, Exhaustion
- Hospitalized Newborns – One
- How to Take A Temperature: Child
- Infant Colic
- Kawasaki Disease: A Parent’s Guide
- Keeping Sick Kids Home from School or Daycare
- Leg Cramps in Children
- Marijuana Series: Intro/Index
- Marijuana: Test What You Know
- Medical Marijuana
- Medical Marijuana – What, If Anything, Is it Good For?
- Medicine: Do Nothing Whenever Possible
- Meningitis In Children
- Migraine Headache in Children
- Mosquito Illnesses – Zika, Dengue and Others
- New Concussion Biomarker Possible For Children’s Head Injuries
- New Guidelines: Autism, Flu and ACL Tears
- New Kids Health Guidelines In 2014
- Numbered Diseases of Childhood: FIFTH Disease – Erythema Infectiosum
- Numbered Diseases of Childhood: FIRST Disease – Measles
- Numbered Diseases of Childhood: FOURTH Disease – Filatov-Dukes’ Disease
- Numbered Diseases of Childhood: Rashes
- Numbered Diseases of Childhood: SECOND Disease – Scarlet Fever
- Numbered Diseases of Childhood: SIXTH Disease – Roseola
- Numbered Diseases of Childhood: THIRD Disease – Rubella
- Otitis Externa: Swimmer’s Ear, More Than An Annoyance
- Parenting: Fever is Your Friend
- Parenting: How To Give Medicine To A Child
- Poison Ivy, Oak and Sumac in Children
- Power Lawn Mower Injuries in Children
- Respiratory Hazards of Wood Stoves
- Scabies “Seven Year Itch” – a Comeback in Children
- Scabies in Children
- Spinal Taps in Children
- Stings and Bites in Children
- Sudden Cardiac Death in Child Athletes
- Summer Childhood Illnesses and Injuries – Part 2
- Sunburn in Infants, Children and Adolescents
- Ten Travel Diseases: Intro/Index
- Tonsillectomy – part two
- Tonsillectomy – Risks and Benefits
- Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) – Lachman Test
- Treating Children’s and Teen’s Colds
- Treating Cough in Infants, Children and Teens
- Treating Fever in Infants, Children and Teens
- Urinary Tract Infections in Children
- What’s Eating You? Bedbugs, Mites and Lice
- What’s Eating You? Ticks and Fleas
Parenting
- A Good Book is Like A Secret Door
- Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 3
- Am I Ready To Have Sex?
- Children’s Ability To Read
- Children’s Self Esteem
- Choose Your Battles With Teens Over Hair and Clothing
- Choosing a Name For a Child
- Discipline in a Non-Confrontational Parent
- Discipline Series: Intro/Index
- Discipline, Parents, Kids and “Natural Consequences”
- Doctor’s Talking About Puberty and Sex
- Feeling – A Special Sense
- Golden Rule of Parenting: Sleeping Through The Night
- Growing Up – When Did THAT Happen?
- Healing Hugs – Sometimes the Best Medicine
- Instilling Concern and Respect For Others In Children and Teens
- Julie Lythcott-Haims: How to raise successful kids — without over-parenting
- Just A Part Time Kid – Divorce Part 1
- Just A Part Time Kid – Divorce Part 2
- Medicine: Do Nothing Whenever Possible
- Most Important Parenting, When It Appears The Least
- Nose Picking In Public a Habit To Break
- Parenting About Sex, Pressure and Promiscuity
- Parenting About Sex, Pressure and Promiscuity Series: Intro/Index
- Parenting Advice to Ignore Series: Intro/Index
- Parenting Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 1
- Parenting Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 2
- Parenting Children and Teens to Be Achievers
- Parenting Is Saying No
- Parenting: 5 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do
- Parenting: A Good Night’s Sleep, Infant Sleep Training
- Parenting: An Astronauts Guide To Optimism
- Parenting: Attitudes – Unintentional Learning
- Parenting: Be selfish
- Parenting: Dealing With Bad “Tween” Behavior
- Parenting: Discipline
- Parenting: Draw your own circles
- Parenting: Fever is Your Friend
- Parenting: Four bad ages
- Parenting: Good behavior is expected, not rewarded
- Parenting: Good Night’s Sleep
- Parenting: How To Give Medicine To A Child
- Parenting: Loss and Grief – My Velveteen Rabbit
- Parenting: My Malaprop Mom
- Parenting: Never Trust Newborns
- Parenting: Picky Eaters
- Parenting: Seventh Grade is a pivot point
- Parenting: Take Credit For The Good Things About Your Children, Blame Others For The Bad
- Parenting: Talk To Strangers
- Parenting: The Two Greatest Barriers To Parenting – Money and Education
- Parenting: Toilet Training Is Not a Parenting Test
- Parenting: Why Not Immunize Children, Parent’s 10 reasons
- Real Pediatrics: Dr. Gregory Alan Barrett
- School PHOBIA
- Sibling Rivalry
- Sleep Problems: Older Children, Toddlers, Stumbling Blocks
- Stress In Children
- Teaching Teens About Healthy Relationships
- Teenagers: Maturing and “THE Talk”
- Telling Truth or Lies to Children: Parenting
- The Simple Power of Hand Washing
- Three Magic Questions of Breastfeeding
- Traveling With Children – a Secret Weapon
- When Children Travel Alone
- When I Grow Up – I Wanna Be Happy
- When Should School Start For Teens
- Why Kids Today Don’t Know How Much Fun a Road Trip Can Be
- Why So Many Illnesses In My Child
- Yogi Berra’s Tips For Practicing Medicine and Parenthood
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- Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 3
- Am I Ready To Have Sex?
- An Eye Exam On A Smart Phone?
- Body Odor
- Boys and Body Image
- Breastfeeding – Recent Findings and Recommendations
- Breastfeeding and Human Milk
- Breastfeeding Series: Intro/Index
- Child/Teen Immunization Schedule, 2014: Changes You Should Know
- Childhood Immunization Schedule: Intro/Index
- Childhood Immunization: Updated 2013 guidelines
- Children’s Athletic Warmups
- Children’s Fitness: The Bleep Test
- Children’s Health and Fitness: Intro/Index
- Children’s Health: Less Healthy Than 50 Years Ago
- Children’s Jogging
- Children’s Sleep: Series Intro/Index
- Children’s Sports
- Children’s TV Screen Time: Consequences, Limits, Interventions – Part 1
- Dental Care of Children and Teens – causes and prevention of caries (cavities)
- Dental ID of Children
- Do You Take Your Body For Granted
- Emergency Medical System (EMS) – Prevention
- Health Proverbs: Where Did They Come From?
- How To Kill A Child Athlete
- Immunization Safety Series: Intro/Index
- Immunization Schedule: Birth to Eighteen
- Immunization v. Vaccination: A Story of Gullibility, Fear, Despicable Avarice and Scams
- Immunization v. Vaccination: A Story of Gullibility, Fear, Despicable Avarice and Scams – Part 2
- Infant Circumcision
- Infant Circumcision Now Both Advised and Safer
- Innocent Heart Murmurs in Children
- Internet Vaccination Advice Nearly Killed Their Son
- Measles: The Real Evidence
- Meditation For Kids and Time-Outs
- More Medical Proverbs – Do They Work?
- New Concussion Guidelines For Children’s Sports
- Obesity Series: Intro/Index
- Parenting About Sex, Pressure and Promiscuity
- Parenting Advice to Ignore, Things to Remember and Stuff Not To Stress About – Part 1
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- Parenting: Four bad ages
- Parenting: Never Trust Newborns
- Parenting: Toilet Training Is Not a Parenting Test
- Parenting: Why Not Immunize Children, Parent’s 10 reasons
- Puberty and Underwear: Boxers, Briefs or Commando?
- Puberty Series: Intro/Index
- Puberty: Psychological Stages
- Puberty: Tanner Stages – Boys
- Puberty: Tanner Stages – Girls
- Puberty: Tanner Stages and Growth
- Reasons Why Parents Choose Not To Immunize Their Children
- Safe Sleep For Infants: SIDS & SUIDs
- Sexual Attraction and Orientation
- Teenagers: Maturing and “THE Talk”
- The Pediatric Physical Examination
- Three Magic Questions of Breastfeeding
- Vaccine Information Statements (VISs)
- Vintage Proverbs: Intro/Index
- What’s Wrong With Our Food System: Birke Baehr
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- You’ve Come A Long Way Baby
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Treating Ear Infections – Hold the Onions
Don’cha just love Vintage Medical Advice? Page 477 of a 1919 textbook of medicine recommends treating an earache with a baked onion – externally thankfully. Today, we treat ear infections a tad bit differently.
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Scabies “Seven Year Itch” – a Comeback in Children
I’m sure somebody like Steven King could make a good movie about this eight-legged bug, too small to be seen by the naked eye, but which lives by eating a persons top layer of skin and burrows through it to lay eggs that hatch in 4 days to an entirely new crop of bugs needing to feed.
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Bug Bites Series: Intro/Index
Lots and lots of bugs bite our kids causing lots and lots of diseases, not to mention how miserable they make them. They often itch!
If they would just stop at itching, that would be enough to be going on with; but, they don’t. They often cause illness ranging from mild to severe to even death; and many times massive outbreaks.
This series is frequently added to because of the many biting insects and the seriousness of their diseases around the world. The “lowly” mosquito alone racks up many thousands of cases each year including deaths. Malaria, Zika, Typhoid—to name just a few.
7 Posts in "Bug Bites" Series
- Bug Bites Series: Intro/Index – 15 Oct 2014
It's incredible just how many bugs there are that bite and how many diseases caused by them. From mosquitos to ants to ticks to spiders, as we think of them, we add them to this list. - Scabies is coming back! – 27 Oct 2014
It's BAAACK, the disease Scabies, also known as the 7-year-itch is making a comeback! - Mosquitos and their illnesses – 23 Jun 2016
An in-depth description of the mosquito, its bite and the diseases they cause - Bed bugs, Mites and Lice – 7 Dec 2016
This seems like it's getting a bit much. A simple series about bug bites just seems to get bigger and bigger. Today it's bed bugs, mites and lice. - Ticks and Fleas – 11 Dec 2016
What's eating you? Could it be ticks and fleas? That's what we cover in this posting in the Bug Bites series. - Part 1 - 33 things about bug bites: Ants, Chiggers, Ticks – 23 Mar 2018
Part 1 - 33 things doctors should keep in mind about bug bites. Fire ants, Chiggers, Ticks and their diseases - Part 2 - 33 things about bug bites: fleas, bed bugs, spiders, Zika, Dengue and Ehrlichiosis. – 28 Mar 2018
Part 2 - 33 things doctors should keep in mind about bug bites. Zika, Dengue and Ehrlichiosis, and other diseases caused by fleas, bed bugs and spiders.
Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 10
When we began this journey through a pediatric resident’s “second brain” of commonly common child diseases, I had no intention on making it such an effort with this many parts; but, then again, I never do.
I’m realizing now that it’s a “no win” effort; because, after all, “how common is common?” The diseases could just keep on coming – but they won’t because I’m ending this effort today.
One caveat I forgot to mention before: (more…)
Diseases Parents Should Know, 9 – Flu, Impetigo, Ringworm
As much fun as this has been romping through the memories generated by reviewing the “second brain” notebook I used all through medical school and residency, I think that we might be nearing the end of this series: Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About.
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Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 8
Child Diseases which are “commonly common” is our continued quest in this Part 8 of the series listing diseases all parents should know about.
I do need to confess that as I go through the pages of my “Second Brain,” which I’ve been telling you about using during my residency training, I’m beginning to get a hint that this endeavor might go on forever.
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Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 7
Looking back, it’s a fairly daunting list of child diseases we’ve been talking about in this series; but, a small ray of light shines when you realize that these days nearly all of the deadly ones have a vaccination to prevent them – if we choose to use it.
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Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 6
This list of “commonly common” diseases is getting longer than I anticipated. We’re now in Part 6 of the series: Child Diseases Parents Should All Know About and we have already covered quite a bit.
The last post was a bit scary and I’m afraid this one isn’t much better – (more…)
Back To School Health Issues for Physicians and Parents
Kids aren’t the only ones going back to school! Parents need to endure the yearly cycle too. It seems that every year there’s more and more to think about, fill out, arrange, make appointments for, explain, buy….
Gone are the days of merely buying one size larger (more…)
Child Diseases Parents Should Know – Part 5
As they say at the theater: “Today’s featured diseases really need no introduction. Bothering us for millennia but only recently introduced to the vaccine circuit… a frequent winter-spring visitor playing to packed crowds of especially 10-year-olds… contracted by children everywhere… the bane to young and old alike… the old… the unforgettable — Heeeeerrrrrr’s… Chickenpox!”
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Summer Childhood Illnesses and Injuries – Part 2
The injuries and illnesses parents must worry about their children getting into changes direction once the crocus blooms and the snow melts revealing a whole new set of things to worry about.
The Emergency Room’s start filling up with children suffering (more…)
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