This week's guest columnist is Dr. Michael Johnson, a Family Medicine resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. In the Sportsman's Paradise, enjoying the great outdoors means most of us have encountered a…
This week's guest columnists are Dr. Kevin Morris and Dr. Richard Pearson, Family Practice residents at the University Health Center here in Lafayette. Dr. Morris is a former paramedic, and knows of what he speaks: It's warming…
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…
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…
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.…
This week's column is from Dr. Susila Shanmuganathan, a family practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. Another runny nose? Don't they know this is an Emergency Department, and cold viruses…
A lot of my columns are about how to keep your child out of the Pediatric Emergency Department. Possible fractures, though, are one time where coming in is the best move. More on this from our two guest columnists, Dr. Nicole…
I often pick a column topic based on what I am seeing a lot at the Pediatric Emergency Department here at Lafayette General. Lately we have been seeing lots of unhappy kids- suicidal teenagers, violent grade schoolers, children…
It happens more than you think: the child clutches his belly, cries, rolls around on the floor, in obvious pain. Mom and Dad get worried- is this appendicitis? Is something terrible happening to our baby? They rush to the…
Its a great time of year to be a kid- swimming, biking, hiking, camping,and exploring. TVs, computers, phones, and other screens should be off when the sun is shining, and the kids should be outside playing and exercising. With…
When I was in college, I volunteered at the local homeless shelter. Back then you were allowed to smoke indoors, and the morning after a night shift I would leave with my hair stiff with the smell of cigarettes (I had a lot more…
