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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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Mental & Behavioral Health

Back to School Belly Achin'

I’ve got a good friend whose son Vince, a 4th grader, has a regular problem with “stomachaches.”  These are kind of unusual stomachaches, because they appear to be seasonal, almost...
Published on August 15, 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

Bedwetters Anonymous

You know what’s great?  That my 8 year old is not totally stressed out that she is still an occasional bed wetter.  It happens to her about once every six...
Published on August 1, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

Infant Tiger (AKA Skin Infection 101)

“Be careful; otherwise that’s gonna get infected!” I hear this threat a fair amount, and in fact have said it to my own kids (because I’m such a charmer). But what...
Published on July 25, 2016
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mom kissing her daughter's injured hand
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

All Eyes on Styes

In my doctor world, I’m not really a very big girl when it comes to any eye stuff. Not sure what it is about eyes that gives me the heebie-jeebies,...
Published on July 11, 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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