An explanation of the “five stages” of puberty that Dr. James Tanner developed, the physical characteristics and issues.
PAP Smear and Early Cancer Detection
Oliver Sacks — Charles Bonnet Sydrome In The Visually Impaired
Neurologist and author Oliver Sacks brings our attention to the Charles Bonnett Syndrome — when visually impaired people experience lucid hallucinations. He describes the experiences of his patients in heartwarming detail and walks us through the biology of this under-reported phenomenon.
[A dentist desires contact for makers of the dental ID discs written about in a previous article.] (more…)
[Head Injury in a two year old, follow-up testing and behavior changes.] (more…)
[Site no longer active] This video is presented by kind of a “goofball”; but, the content (even though presented a bit theatrically) is fairly solid and gives some great advice for us to use while those who can try and figure out how to dig us out of this hole with bacteria developing antibiotic resistance. […]
Link to a graphic teaching younger children how to “Cover Your Cough” and why it is important to their health. A neat printable graphic you can use. Of course, now children are taught to cover their cough with their elbow; but a tissue or handkerchief still works too. [ http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/protect/cdc_cough.pdf ]