pediatric housecalls Robert R. Jarrett M.D. M.B.A. FAAP

Hello, and welcome to Pediatric House Calls. I am…
A Physician board certified in Pediatric medicine with Clinical experience including caring for infants, children and teens – well these days mostly children and teens up to twenty-one;
An Administrator experienced in top medical management for several national health insurance companies;
An Author of health care manuals, newspaper columns and even children's stories;
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And…
I make House-Calls.

World Parkinson’s Disease Day

The Red James Parkinson tulip, representing the fight against Parkinson's Disease
The red tulip is the symbol for fighting Parkinson’s Disease.
World Parkinson's Disease Day, April 11th

World Parkinson’s Day/Month
April 11, 2018

Parkinson’s Disease is a terribly UNDER-funded disease as far as research goes. One in a hundred people around the world over 60 have Parkinson’s disease; that was 9 million people in 2015—the last time they did a world census.

In 2015 one in eight people were over 60, by 2030 one in six will be. By 2030 there will be more people over 60 in the world than there will be children 0-9. In addition, for some as yet unknown reason the rate of Parkinson’s disease is increasing every year. This problem will only get worse, we’ve got to make some progress on this thing now.

 

Get Involved/Learn More: Team Fox (Michael J).

The James Parkinson Tulip by J.W.S. Van der Wereld
In 1980, J.W.S. Van der Wereld, a Dutch horticulturalist with Parkinson’s disease (PD), developed a red and white tulip to honor Dr. James Parkinson. At the 9th World Parkinson’s Disease Day Conference in Luxembourg on April 11, 2005, the new red and white tulip was launched as the official symbol of PD.

The tulip is described in detail as the exterior being a glowing cardinal red, small feathered white edge, the outer base whitish; the inside, a currant-red to turkey-red, broad feathered white edge, anthers pale yellow”.

Not only did the tulip receive the Award of Merit that year from the Royal Horticultural Society in England, but it also was the recipient of the Trial Garden Award from the Royal General Bulb Growers of Holland.

Most Influential Doctor: David L. Sackett – Evidence-based Medicine

Medicine has a lot of “fathers” of various things; and many of the “50 most influential physicians of all time” we’ve been talking about have been considered “fathers” of one thing or another.

Dr. David L. Sackett is no exception—A “father” of evidenced based medicine, number 30 on our list.
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33 Things About Bugs A Doctor Needs To Remember

The last time I wrote about bug bites I told myself: “If I write one more thing about bugs, people will think I’ve got a fetish or something!”

Well I don’t, but here we go again! There’s just so many questions about them in people’s minds, doctor’s tend to forget about them compared to other daily crises, there’s a lot of articles still being written by others and… there’s just so many good photos lately.
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Art: Children, Animals and Hyperrealism

I thought that we might just take a bit of a break from the intensity of pediatric medical writing and “stop to smell the roses” just a bit. Hope you don’t mind.

I just keep thinking, while I’m immersed in this computer neck deep, that “there’s just got to be something more I can do with it than struggle through medical articles all day.” And, as it turns out, there is: Art.
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15 Accidental Medical Discoveries – Part II

The road to discoveries in medicine is anything BUT the scenic route. It is convoluted and littered with failure; however, it does contain more than its fair share of brilliant serendipity which continually alter the course of human suffering and change its practice forever.
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