Teen Adolescent Medicine Spotlight in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids pediatrician Dr. Gary Gray leads adolescent medicine with a teen focused clinic in Iowa City and a Waterloo specialist nearby. Teens gain a private exam, teen only interviews, and connections to psychiatry when needed, addressing chronic diseases and life transitions.
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Cedar Rapids
Gary Gray
Iowa City
Gray
Adolescent Medicine Emerges From Pediatrics at Boston Clinic
The text outlines the birth of adolescent medicine in 1951 when Dr J Roswell Gallagher established a teen care unit at Children’s Hospital Boston. It describes a holistic approach to teen health, the Iowa clinic example, and the roles of pediatricians, psychiatrists, social workers, and families in managing puberty, acne, development delays, and counseling.
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J. Roswell Gallagher
Harvard Medical School
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Gallagher
University of Iowa
Verdane Barnes
Barnes
Gray
Witch doctors' role in mental health studied
In Senegal psychiatrist Dr. Henri Collomb works with witch doctors to blend traditional and modern medicine for mental illness. He opened two psychiatric villages in eastern Senegal and Casamance, reporting results comparable to hospitals and arguing such care fits limited resources. Modern medicine abroad may learn from herb healers, says WHO director.
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Dakar
Senegal
Henri Collomb
Fann Psychiatric Hospital
Collomb
Africa
Halfdan Mahler
World Health Organization
University of Bordeaux
France
Europe
Casamance
Gambia River
Hyperactive children behavior and learning in pediatrics
A physician columnist defines hyperactive children as excessively active with aimless motion, short attention, and impulsivity. He critiques labels like Minimal Brain Dysfunction, emphasizes precise diagnosis before treatment, and previews next week's focus on learning problems and remediation.
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Gazette
First woman editor in American history Ann Franklin
Ann Franklin sister in law of Benjamin Franklin edited the Newport Mercury in 1762 63. Thought for today Am brose Bierce defined marriage as a community of a master a mistress and two slaves making it two in all.
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Benjamin Franklin
Ann Franklin
Newport, R.I
Mercury
Ambrose Bierce
Dear Abby column letters raise holiday gifts and loneliness
Readers criticize a grandmother gift method preferring checks for Christmas. Another letter from a lonely 22 year old black woman seeks love and help, Abby suggests overeating help groups and a suicide prevention hotline, urging follow up.
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Abby
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