Dr. Timothy C. Frazier

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• What Is Newborn Jaundice?

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• What Is Molluscum Contagiosum? Treatment and Home Remedies

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• Is Vaccination an Old Method or Another Achievement of the Modern Era?

  In the early 19th to the 20th century, parents would have been surprised to know that future generations would be free from childhood diseases. Diphtheria was then one of the most common diseases that took the lives of thousands of children, while polio left thousands of children crippled. Measles...