Cancer. It's a diagnosis so feared that many are unable to even say the word. If someone does says it, they feel compelled to knock on wood, to ward cancer off like an evil spirit. In the Pediatric Emergency Department, the fear…
Today's guest columnist is Dr. Asma Khan, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Whenever any couple has a newborn, their world changes completely! Suddenly every decision is colored…
Medical school applications require an essay and most pre-meds write about "why I want to be a doctor." All those missives begin to sound the same and can really bore the med school admissions committee. When I applied back in…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Nichole Miller, a family practice resident at the University Health Center here in Lafayette. Dr. Miller has a four-month old baby, and know of what she speaks: Brandon's mom was excited, her…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Libby Going, a Family Medicine resident at the University Health Center here in Lafayette. Mardi Gras is here! That means celebrating with floats and parades, king cakes.....and beads. Edible…
I just returned from my yearly medical mission in Honduras. And I thought I had gotten away with it- no missed flights, no lost equipment, no bad stomach bugs for the team. But the next morning I sat down at work and YOW- my…
Last week we saw a 7 year-old girl with eight days of sore throat and fever. Her parents were frustrated: they had seen their doctor twice, another ED once, had three flu tests and two strep tests and blood tests that were all…
The child had odd markings on his back. He was three years old and being seen in the Emergency Department for coughing. The resident first examined the boy and noted red streaks up and down his back. The rash looked like it was…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Danielle Duhon, a family practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. First the child complains of chest pain. She might even say it in scarier terms: "My heart…
My daughter is in London, England, taking a summer college course. She woke up last Sunday with "the whole left side" of her head hurting, particularly her ear. She took two ibuprofens and then she and a friend went out in the…
I will always remember my childhood dentist, Dr. Tarentino. I will especially remember his eyes, boring down into my mouth as intensely as his drill. Though my parents were smart people with advanced degrees in Theology, they…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Eric Guilbeau, a family practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Emma comes home from school and tells her mom that her belly hurts and she doesn't feel good. …
