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5 Abdominal Pain Situations You Shouldn’t Ignore

Abdominal Pain. When I see these 2 words written as the reason for a medical visit I never really feel like it points me towards a straightforward diagnostic direction, since...

Published on May 14, 2018

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Black and Blue - What Your Bruise Tells You

When 4 year old Kaden signed in to see me, I knew just from looking at him across the room that there was quite a story to go along with...

Published on May 7, 2018

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Sepsis: Get this Shocking Diagnosis on your Radar

Everyone knows what the word “infection” means, right? People tend to toss that word around like they know it so well they made it up themselves. And that’s probably just...

Published on April 30, 2018

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After the Acute Care Visit: NOW WHAT?

May I share a few common scenarios that I see at work? 18 month old, otherwise healthy female has had 4 days of high spiking fevers and some cold symptoms....

Published on April 23, 2018

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Lessons Learned from Flu Season: Previous Data and Some Speculation

What a weird weekend. In the MidAtlantic we had summer-like weather on Saturday and I had on a hat and gloves on Sunday at my son’s soccer game because I...

Published on April 16, 2018

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Wellness Management For The College Age Kid- Crammed Into One Short Summer

It’s the beginning of April, right, so I’m thinking that most college kids away at school will be home for the summer in about 10 minutes. Doesn’t it seem like...

Published on April 9, 2018

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5 Medical Terms That Get Your Pediatrician's Attention

Other than swear words, did you have any words or phrases that you were just Not. Allowed. To. Say when you were growing up? At my house it was “shut...

Published on March 26, 2018

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Thoughts from a French Major who went to Medical School

I did very averagely, grade-wise, in medical school. (Hello, French major in undergrad.) And by averagely, I mean I graduated and passed my classes, but by no means was it...

Published on March 19, 2018

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Psych Emergency? What’s that?…and what to know about the acute care evaluation

If you didn’t know, I worked in a large, very busy Children’s Hospital Emergency Department (ED) for over 15 years before I started this whole digital health gig. This particular...

Published on March 12, 2018

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Spray Tans: Know Before You Glow

Since warmer weather and everyone’s spring break is coming up soon, today I’d like to start with a quick survey. If you had to describe yourself in regards to sun...

Published on March 5, 2018