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 Drs. Keyana Varnado and Taylor Phillippi, Family Practice residents at the Ochsner University Hospital & Clinics.
“Ow, my ankle!” I yelled across the basketball court, exaggerating a limp. I'd…
In the movie Kindergarten Cop, Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a detective who goes undercover as a school teacher. In one scene, as he's reading a children's book to his class, he rubs his head and moans. The kids ask what's wrong,…
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…
On December 8, 1990, I got married. It was my first trip to Louisiana, and my staid protestant family met my new loud, fun catholic in-laws. Like the movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding, my stiff northeasterners got swallowed up in…
This week's guest columnists are Drs. Jordan Conway and Amir Farizani, Family Practice residents at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Watching the instant replay, I saw exactly when Jared Cook lost…
