In her book "Animal Vegetable Miracle," author Barbara Kingsolver describes a year where she feeds her family only locally grown food. When she vacations at an Amish farm to see how they do it, her hosts are fascinated by her…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Matthew Morgan, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. I have fond memories of Sunday dinner at my grandfather's. We followed the same routine: mom…
Portable and "wearable" computers, according to designers, are supposed to enhance the human experience. Like science fiction cyborgs with a fitting over one eye, the user goes through the world with "augmented reality," being…
This week's guest columnists are Dr. Jacob Sellers and Dr. Anna Malesky, Family Practice Residents at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Imagine this. Your teen has been experiencing months of headaches,…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Irena Liang, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. It's a pumpkin-decorating party, and the carving tool seems safe. The edge is serrated, but the…
Sometimes I wonder what I'd be like if I was born in 1800. I'd be crippled, since I have an arthritis requiring regular medication. Once the arthritis affected my eyes and without medication, I might've become blind. Then one…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Meighan Anderson, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. She's 10 years old. She has asthma and eczema, but hasn't seen her regular doctor in a year…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Danielle Fuselier, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. It's the time of the year for leaves to change, pumpkin lattes to be served, and fall…
Asthma has been with us for millenia. The ancient Greek physician Hippocrates, inventor of the Hippocratic Oath, first used the term (from the Greek aazein, "to pant"). The Greeks had treatments- adding ephedra (an epinephrine-…
