This week's guest columnists are Carrie Guidry, MD and Priscilla Tutu, MD, Family Practice residents at Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics.
The leaves are changing, and the air is (maybe) getting crisp. Soon, we'll be…
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…
When humorist Dave Barry caught Influenza, he called it the Martian Death Flu, like the title of a bad sci-fi movie. He and his wife spent days in bed achy and feverish. “There has been a mound of blankets on my wife's side of the…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Tasia Bradley, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette.
Remember "Show and Tell" from grade school? In fourth grade, I had a classmate bring in his pet…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Mai Vu, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. A 16 year-old boy came in with three days of fever, vomiting, and diarrhea. He didn't have anything…
This 16 year-old boy hurt his knee playing basketball, banging it into another player's knee. He was brought in limping by his mom. "Did you give him anything for pain?" I asked. "I gave him one of my prescription ibuprofens," mom…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Wesley Adams, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. "Dad, pull over!" Driving across West Texas is a loooong drive, the view unbroken flat…
Some years the Influenza virus gets a special name for it's strain, like Swine Flu or H1N1. When he had his bout with flu, humorist Dave Barry made up his own: Martian Death Flu. He and his wife spent days in bed achy and…
Based on available evidence, children do not appear to be at higher risk for COVID-19 than adults. While some children and infants have been sick with COVID-19, adults make up most of the known cases to date. But, as new…
