This week's guest columnist is Chioma Ekwueme, MD, a family practice resident at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics.
My son recently had a swollen ear. The parent in me began to panic as the worst possible diagnoses flashed…
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…
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…
Feeding babies manufactured formula in a bottle is a recent invention in human history. For hundreds of thousands of years, people fed their babies like every other mammal, with mother's milk. If mom or baby just couldn't make it…
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…
This week's guest columnists are Drs. Brian Allen and Chris Fontenot, Family Practice residents at University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Winter- the season of holidays, travel, and people congregating indoors. Friends…
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…
We see a lot of little babies in the Emergency Department when they get their first colds. They cough and are congested, have noisy breathing, gag and hack on mucus, and sleep miserably. When I talk to the parents about what to…
Some parents are disappointed with the diagnosis "virus" and not getting antibiotics. The only two times in my career a parent has outright yelled in my face were when I didn't prescribe antibiotics. Today's guest columnist, Dr.…
I walk into the room, introduce myself, and ask my usual lead-in question: "When did things first start going wrong?" The mom answers "She started with this rash last night, and this morning it has spread all over. Just look at…
