Dr Pamela Peek - Articles
Health Headlines - November 7
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Meredy
FDA Issues Warning Letters To Flavored Cigarette SellersWarning letters have been sent to companies using Web sites to sell illegal flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.A ban on the sale of candy- or fruit-flavored cigarettes that took effect Sept. 22 is meant to reduce the number of children and teens ...
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More ROHHAD Children
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Haveyroo
It seems like about every two weeks I find another ROHHAD family. This time there are 2 new ones. They found my site I created on facebook for ROHHAD Syndrome and I was able to check her web site. CLICK HERE for Twin Cin-City -- her child is currently with Dr. Weese-Mayer The other lady's name is Trina - from Newfoundland. I don't know much abou ...
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Embracing the slack
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Attrice ..
One of the big lessons I am trying to learn these days is how to fully embrace the slack. As I see it, the problem isn’t in having a lazy day where you don’t work out or even move much. Nor is it a problem to have a less-than-ideal diet on these days. No, these things are normal and fine. The problem is with spending these rare days thi ...
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Hope
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Victoria Nelson
We came in yesterday to Photographer Liz taking pics of Moriah. LPCH has a magazine titled Hope, and they are including Moriah in an article about the care for kids with chronic illnesses. From CRC was Marla and Dr. Silva, and from LPCH was Dr. Frankel and Devon These are our friends, the Nguyen Family, whose son, Henri, was in the CVICU with Mor ...
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Alec Baldwin: "I Intend" To Have Plastic Surgery
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Dr. Tony Y.
Alec Baldwin is quoted in this week's Entertainment Weekly on the possibility he may have plastic surgery: "I have a great ass, if I may say so," the It's Complicated actor, 51, tells Entertainment Weekly in its annual holiday movie preview issue. "That's a part of my body that needs no surgical enhancement or rearranging." Sti ...
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Parents Do Matter After All
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Dr. Laura F.
As a parent of adult children, all of whom managed to dodge the many pitfalls of adolescence, I have never bought into the Judith Rich Harris thesis about parents not making any difference. Just because some parents do not choose to be involved does not mean that those who are involved do not have an impact. I have been concerned that young parents ...
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Checking off the Medical Appointments....
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Paula Burckhard
As the days go on, I am able to check off the medical appointments needed for both Bella and Grace. Today, with the help of our Jen, we headed off for Grace to have her blood drawn to check up on her thyroid. She has been complaining of being tired lately. She says "I not sick, I tired!" And her gym teacher said she is wanting to go off a ...
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Game Plan....
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mkirchhofer
Well, it seems we have a game plan... I finally got a return phone call from Dr. Neuro today. I informed him what took place at our doctor's appointment on Thursday with Dr. Psych. First of all, to help get through this weekend, (peacefully) he is having her take diazepam twice a day. Monday the two docs are going to discuss which med to start ...
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Desmoplastic melanoma, a common missed diagnosis.
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Dr.Prashant Jani
Introduction: Although desmoplastic melanoma represents less than 2 percent of all melanomas, it's frequently misdiagnosed, due to a lack of distinctive clinical presentation features. Histologic diagnosis is rarely straightforward either. Patients are often middle age-to-elderly and present with the tumor most often on the head and neck region. ...
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