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Illness Prevention & Management

Back to School Survival Guide for Parents  

Another Summer come and gone! With the arrival of September and Labor Day in the rearview mirror, many families have shifted their focus back to academics, routines, and shorter days...

Published on September 7, 2024
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Illness Prevention & Management

Herpetic Whitwhat?

I met Jackson a while ago at work. He was 20 months old at the time and came in with a blistery red rash around the tip of his right...
Published on May 16, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

Ticks are just plain ICK

Tick season is here. Yes, it is. Do you have a bad psycho-emotional response to ticks? Because I do. I’m proud to report that I’m a general lover of all...
Published on May 9, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

Crime Scene? or Nose Bleed?

I have a few friends whose kids have regular nosebleeds, and I’m telling you, when it happens it looks like a crime scene. It’s hard to believe that so much...
Published on April 25, 2016
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Injury Prevention & Management

Taking the Stress Out of Stitches

I’m completely paranoid about my kids getting a cut that would require stitches. I’m not sure why, because I put in and take out stitches all the time and can...
Published on April 13, 2016
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a stitched up wound on the back of a little boy's head
Illness Prevention & Management

Smart Medicine

A smart, snappy reader wrote to me asking if I was planning on discussing the preponderance of “prescribing unnecessary medications” given my recent entry on drug reactions. Not ever being...
Published on April 6, 2016
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Illness Prevention & Management

A Tale of Two Immune Reactions

Here’s a hard hitting topic right out of the gate. Allergies are weird. General statement. Did you think I was talking about seasonal allergies? I guess those are sort of...
Published on April 3, 2016
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