As summer is rapidly coming to an end, countless sports physicals have been performed to get the student-athletes eligible for their sport. I recently did one of these exams on a 15 year-old football player who was going to be a sophomore. He was brought in by his dad. As I was finishing my […]
Read More →December 2024 There was a very disturbing article in PEDIATRICS, by Bridget Duffy, BS, et al. “Characteristics of Fatalities Among Sexual-Gender-Diverse Youth in the United States: 2015-2020”, vol. 154, nu 83, Nov.2024. This article stated the following, “Suicide was the most common manner of death for sexual-and gender-diverse youth, despite many decedents receiving […]
Read More →As summer is upon us many pediatricians and family practice doctors will be doing sports and camp physicals. I am often amused by the various reactions of adolescent boys when it is time for the “hernia exam”. This reaction is greatly amplified should there be a twin or another brother in the room at the […]
Read More →Recently I saw a teenage girl for a follow-up from the emergency room. She had been lifting a heavy back pack at school when she heard and felt a pop in her shoulder. Although in a lot of pain she thought it would get better after taking Advil. That night, however, her mom had […]
Read More →It is a call that pediatricians get all too often. “My child fell and hit his head on concrete. He is now getting a goose egg on his forehead. Should I take him to the emergency room?” Talking to the distraught parent the first question would be how is he acting now? Does he […]
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