child health

That's just like my children

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Guilt. Parental angst that I have had to deal with and lay to rest.

A poem made of words that the U.K. and U.S. do not agree on.

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Hospitalisation.

Sniveling Esophagus,

Diarrhoea, Humourless.

Misbehaviour, Agonizing,

Unraveling,

Traumatized.

Do as I say, not as I do: the Nemours Mission.

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Assuming, as I have seen many people do, that "mental retardation" is an outdated and outfavoured term, I explored its current usage in online health-related information sources.

Professor Alan Moncrieff and Lead Poisoning in Children

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Sir Alan Moncrieff (1901-1971) attended Caterham School from 1912 – 1918. He joined the staff of The Hospital for Sick Children as house physician in 1925.

Pica

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Pica is a medical disorder characterized by an appetite for non-nutritive substances. The condition's name comes from the Latin word for magpie, a bird which is reputed to eat almost anything.

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