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Parenting

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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Injury Prevention & Management

What you “kneed”to know..

Do you like that title?  “What you “kneed”to know?” I laughed. Anyway, I was watching my 9 year old daughter’s ice skating lesson yesterday and on the rink there were...
Published on February 6, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

Treating Children in the Urgent Care Setting

as featured in Smart Parenting • By Smarter Admin• December 12, 2016 • Guest Blog Posts Anyone who likes going to urgent care or the emergency department, raise your hand! Anyone? No...
Published on December 16, 2016
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Injury Prevention & Management

Put a lid on it!

“Trauma-Rama,” we all call it. Urgent care offices and Emergency Departments are busy every holiday weekend.  By 7PM, business is booming. It seems like the minute the fun starts, so...
Published on September 5, 2016
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Injury Prevention & Management

Your finger is NOT a door stopper!

“Trephination might be the most fantastic word on the planet.” “My child’s finger just got shut in the door!” What do these two sentences have in common, you ask? Let’s...
Published on August 5, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

It all started with one.

One Million Visits. Pretty great, huh? We couldn’t be prouder, more excited and grateful, or more inspired to move ahead towards the next million. We’ve grown and learned and prospered....
Published on July 19, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

It's Getting Hot Out Here

I just came in from a 3-mile powerwalk, and I think I have heatstroke. No, just kidding, I think it might be heat exhaustion because I’m sweating. And I could...
Published on July 5, 2016
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Injury Prevention & Management

Bug-a-Boo

I’ve seen a bunch of videos circulating around lately about the biggest pimple ever popped, random foreign bodies stuck in various parts of the body, and similar. Having seen enough...
Published on June 27, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

A Red Eye Outta Nowhere!

Quick Monday morning clinic Have you or your child ever randomly had a red ‪‎eye‬ that looks a bit like this guy’s? When there’s a collection of ‪blood‬ under the...
Published on June 20, 2016
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