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By John H. Samson, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ December 11, 2025
December 2025 Breastfeeding practices at times can be controversial. That is because many precepts governing this essential practice are...
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She has Mittle-what…?? Mittleshcmerz
By Louis P. Theriot, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ November 1, 2025
Maria, a 14-year-old girl, came to the office late one Friday morning with a chief complaint of right lower abdominal...
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Whats up, doc?
By John H. Samson, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ October 1, 2025
October 2025 Pursuant to my last article a very rational approach has appeared in the July ’25 issue of...
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Inguinal Hernia…Why the Cough
By Louis P. Theriot, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ September 1, 2025
As summer is rapidly coming to an end, countless sports physicals have been performed to get the student-athletes eligible for...
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Whats up, doc?
By John H. Samson, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ August 1, 2025
August 2025 There are several articles that will keep you an informed parent in the AAP NEWS. from July...
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Eyes Crossed and Pseudo Strabismus
By Louis P. Theriot, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ July 3, 2025
Amy, a little 3-month-old was on my schedule with the chief complaint was that her eyes crossed Entering the...
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Whats up, doc?
By John H. Samson, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ June 3, 2025
June 2025 PARENTS it is time to wake up! Being good parents is more than just being informed. It...
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Fifths Disease…It Must Be Spring
By Louis P. Theriot, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ May 1, 2025
It was late morning, just before lunch. Grabbing the chart of my next patient I noticed that he was not...
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Whats up, doc?
By John H. Samson, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ April 1, 2025
April 2025 RISKS OF WATER BEAD INGESTION in Pediatrics, vol 155, issue 2, Feb 2025 pg.58. Here is a...
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Juvenile Spring Eruption…Just when you think you’ve seen it all
By Louis P. Theriot, M.D., F.A.A.P.
/ March 1, 2025
I grabbed the chart of my next patient and was intrigued by what the nurse had written as the chief...
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September 1, 2024
Pityriasis Alba
Eleven-year-old Marco came in for his yearly physical and sports exam before starting the 6th grade. I asked him how his summer had been and what he had done. He had gone to soccer camps and Junior Lifeguards. The lifeguards in many beachside communities run a summer program for Disorders and Disabilities, Family Life, Skin
August 19, 2024
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August 2024 Concussion has become a diagnosis that provokes fear in parents and unnecessary restrictions on the patient. 1) A review article, WHAT’S NEW WITH PEDIATRIC SPORT CONCUSSIONS? y Mark E. Halstead, MD, FAAP appeared in PEDIATRICS vol 153, nu.1. January 2024, pg. 61. I feel it gives Central Nervous System, Education, Family Life, Sports
July 1, 2024
The Sports Physical and the “Dreaded Hernia Exam”
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 Discipline, Education, Fitness, Musculoskeletal, Sports
June 9, 2024
Whats up, doc?
June 2024 Here are three articles that I think conscientious parents will find interesting and useful. 1) Treatments for ADHD in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review by Bradley S. Peterson, MD, et al that appeared in PEDIATRICS, vol 153, nu 4, April 2024, pg 58. The Bacterial, Disorders and Disabilities, Ear, Nose & Throat, Education, Prescription
May 1, 2024
Lichen Striatus
Mrs. X brought her 5-year-old son to the office with a rash. The nurse ushered them into a room and took his vitals. Before entering I grabbed the chart to review it. I was intrigued upon seeing the chief complaint to be possible shingles. Mom explained, “I know I Central Nervous System, Immunizations, Skin, Viral