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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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Illness Prevention & Management

Anatomy of a Prescription

I’ve written a lot of prescriptions in my day. Since I strive to be at #nerdalert level: expert I tried to come up with an estimate of how many I’ve written in...
Published on January 15, 2018
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Mental & Behavioral Health

Are You and Your Doctor a Good Fit?

As I write this blog entry my phone is all abuzz with notifications related to a tweet I made about “doctor shopping” – any idea what this is? It’s when...
Published on December 24, 2017
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Illness Prevention & Management

Woo in Sheep's Clothing

Be careful of the woo. It’s everywhere. What’s the woo, you ask? The woo is the whole genre of unvalidated health claims that get circulated around in various online forums...
Published on November 6, 2017
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Mental & Behavioral Health

Video Games....GOOD for your Health?

This guest blog is brought to you by my wonderful colleague, Martin Strazynski, otherwise known as Marty the IT Guy When I was a kid, I was told that too...
Published on October 19, 2017
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Mental & Behavioral Health

Back to School Anti-tips

Maybe you’ve noticed that I don’t write many blog entries on parenting topics. I’m a parent. I’m not necessarily a parenting expert. As a pediatrician, I have a front row...
Published on August 21, 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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