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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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SOB...not what you think it means! A short list of respiratory distress signs that you should know.

It’s always hard to say goodbye to summer isn’t it?— But I really like September. The weather is still warm and nice enough to feel good, and I don’t know...

Published on September 20, 2018

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How To Be Prepared For a Natural Disaster

[Originally published September 2018] I think my favorite weather word with regards to hurricanes is “spaghetti model.” You know what those are— the tv meteorologists draw out the various potential trajectories of the storm in...

Published on September 11, 2018

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Blog Update: The Yellow River…by I.P. Freely (and other ways we look for answers in the urine)

In pediatric acute care medicine, there are many conditions that aren’t really seasonal and exist at a steady, constant rate: many conditions that we don’t talk about very much. Bladder...

Published on August 30, 2018

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Back to School Phrases I Hear from PARENTS

Most of the pediatrician-blogs and online mainstream mom/parenting pages are filled with back to school stuff and “best practices” for kids as they head back to the classroom, and it’s...

Published on August 24, 2018

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Medicalisms

“Children are not just small adults.” Most people have heard this expression, stated liberally by people in healthcare worldwide. It is used in several different ways; sometimes as a defense...

Published on August 17, 2018

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Great Balls of Fire: Burn Basics

People do a lot of crazy stuff to try to treat their burns: everything from covering them with toothpaste to cracking an egg over top of them. (Not making this...

Published on July 26, 2018

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Bug Bites: What Matters and What Doesn’t

I just got off the phone with one of my absolute favorite gal pals and she described what sounded like a possible new world record set for bug bites this...

Published on July 12, 2018

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My Experience at work on many a July 4 over the past 20 years

Working holidays in acute care is pretty interesting, because each one sort of has its own flavor. There are a few universals: People get sick 24/7. Regular offices are closed,...

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Helping after the Hospital: 10 things YOU can do

Something caught my eye on Twitter the other day. Actually, a lot catches my eye on Twitter because it’s so fast paced and dense, but in a distinctly different theme...

Published on June 25, 2018

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Summer Household Safety

Just like the holidays, injuries and hazards have a seasonal aspect to them. In the winter there are sledding injuries and car crashes due to snow and ice (obvi), and...

Published on June 18, 2018