According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, Christmas is only slightly safer for kids than riding bikes no hands, eyes closed, on the roof. The AAP website has a three page list on avoiding flaming disaster in the living…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Chad Mathews, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Flu season is here. If you've never had the flu, you're fortunate. Dr. Hamilton tells the…
I was worried I had a brain tumor. That afternoon at work, I began having double vision. I could correct it by tilting my head, but as the day went on I was talking with parents with my head cocked over more and more. My Fourth…
This week's guest columnists are Drs. Marc Fernandez and April Weliever, Family Practice residents at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. We see it all the time in the Emergency Department: the family cat bit…
She thought she was doing the right thing. She was leaving baby for two minutes to get her toddler dressed. She put the 4 month-old in the middle of the bed and rolled up blankets around the edges in case baby scooted over, so…
