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Head Lice Has Entered the Group Chat

Your child has just brought home the letter parents dread to receive – head lice is in their classroom. But we know our readers follow the #smartnotstressed philosophy, so like...

Published on October 11, 2024
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Illness Prevention & Management

Summer Flu

Fever + scratchy throat + body aches + maybe some cough & runny nose = ? If this were winter I’m guessing everyone would say “this is the flu” without...
Published on July 31, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

Kids Stink

Kids stink. Sometimes kids stink in the metaphoric sense, like if they’re talking back or having a meltdown or coming up with the millionth excuse why they can’t fall asleep....
Published on July 17, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

Pseudoscience

I think I’m in heaven. Another week of blog writing inspiration from a #smartreader (I love #smartmomma and #smartdad but I like this one too). The suggestion was posted in...
Published on July 3, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

Sick of Ticks

Ticks seem to be going viral.  (Get it!?!?!-) What I mean by that is I’m fairly sure that ticks have been getting more news and social media coverage than Russia...
Published on June 12, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

Number 2 and You

We’ve known each other for over a year already so we can talk about…stuff…right? I didn’t want to bring up the “ick” factor right out of the gate, but enough...
Published on June 5, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

Risky Business

The grad parties are somethin’ these days, aren’t they? I’m laughing at myself because I TOTALLY sound like an old lady, but it seems to me like everyone’s celebrations just...
Published on May 30, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

PAs Do That!

“No man is an island.” Right? That’s certainly the case with the medical team. I can’t effectively pull off my doctor gig without the team work and input from nurses,...
Published on May 15, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

Why Do I Need a Tetanus Shot?

I’ve only restarted writing this blog entry about 28 times. I keep asking myself, “do you really want to go there?” Because it’s about vaccines, and anything written about this...
Published on May 8, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

Home Away From Medical Home

By now, most of you guys know that my doctor gig is as a pediatric emergency physician. That means that I’m a pediatrician and an emergency medicine physician who specializes...
Published on April 24, 2017
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