This week's guest columnists are Marie Baker, MD, and Caitlin McDaniel, MD, family practice residents at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics.
My 3-year-old came to me complaining, “My tummy hurts.” I'm thinking she just…
One of my residents was recently talking about the animated television series The Magic School Bus, which many current parents grew up watching. This resident, a former schoolteacher, was jealous of the show’s teacher, Ms. Frizzle…
This week's guest columnists are Drs. Keyana Varnado and Taylor Phillippi, Family Practice residents at the Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics.
“Ow, my ankle!” I yelled across the basketball court, exaggerating a limp. I'd…
In the 1970s, as bicycle popularity was soaring, so were injuries and deaths from crashes. Modern bike helmets weren’t invented until 1975, so professional racers wore old-fashioned leather football helmets instead. While form-…
Red Velvet Ants. I'd always heard about them, but finally last week I saw a victim: Dad brought in his 4-year-old daughter who was stung at a picnic table. He described a large black spider or ant with red stripes crawling out…
For Screaming Down The Road Part III, the pandemic lockdown was on. People still vacationed that summer of 2020, mainly driving to remote spots. I highlighted one cousin's solution to avoiding crowds at rest stops: installing a…
I grew up in a small town in New Jersey where friends hunted with fathers, but I don’t remember seeing any pistols around. The county licensed only two people to carry handguns. One had testified against a dangerous criminal, so…
This week’s guest columnists are Marie Baker, MD and Chris Clark MD, family practice residents at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics.
4 year old boys are usually active dudes. Running around, yelling and laughing, settling…
This week’s guest columnists are Drs. Mai Vu and Jeremy White, family practice residents at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics
Our quiet night in the Pediatric ER was interrupted by shouts from the triage bay. “I can’t…
I was at a wedding talking with another ER doctor. Of course, our conversation turned to “shop talk,” him telling me of a case where he agonized about prescribing a patient a certain medication. I tried to not make light of his…
This week’s guest columnist is Jacob Clement, MD a family practice resident at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics.
“Why is my child such a picky eater?”, a concerned mom asked me. “She doesn’t eat anything.” The teen was…
This week’s guest columnist is Taylor Phillippi, MD, a Family Medicine resident at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics.
February was American Heart Month, promoting cardiovascular health. This was easy for me; my husband…