Sometimes I wonder what I'd be like if I was born in 1800. I'd be crippled, since I have an arthritis requiring regular medication. Once the arthritis affected my eyes and without medication, I might've become blind. Then one…
This week's guest columnist is Dr. Meighan Anderson, a Family Practice resident at the University Hospital and Clinics here in Lafayette. She's 10 years old. She has asthma and eczema, but hasn't seen her regular doctor in a year…
Every once in a bad while, I diagnose a child with a brain tumor. Usually she's had some progressing coordination trouble, and worsening fussiness. We do a CT scan, there it is, and I have to break bad news to the parents. A…
