Opinion
Quitting medical school
Why would a physician who was burdened with student loans enter a subspecialty that would limit his or her ability to pay it off?
Opinion
Fatal and nonfatal injuries
Recent pediatric fatality statistics reveal some troubling trends.
Opinion
Knowing when enough is enough
In my opinion, any child who is cranky and not obviously sick is overtired until proven otherwise.
Opinion
Breastfeeding and colorectal cancer
Investigators examining the health histories of more than 150,000 women found that those who were breastfed incurred a 23% greater risk of...
Opinion
Not another emergency
Does America have the will to address pediatric obesity on a national scale?
Opinion
Sleep irregularity
Until we as health care professionals take sleep deprivation seriously, we will be undertreating and mistreating our patients who would benefit...
Opinion
The future for the primary care physician?
I’m beginning to believe that the best role for the medical school–trained primary care specialist is someone who has a broad and deep...
Opinion
Ideal family size
News
Willpower and obesity
As effective obesity drugs become more available and remain safe, it is likely that willpower will no longer dominate the populous psyche.
Opinion
IQ and concussion recovery
There is a significant number of patients who have persistent postconcussion symptoms and are unable to resume their usual activities, including...
Opinion
Targeted warnings
There is a difference between harmless foolishness and stupidity, and one wonders when and in what manner we pediatricians should become involved...
Opinion
Do you P.U.I.?
Opinion
Try a little D.I.Y.
While we’re waiting for our health care nonsystem to straighten out, we need to take better care of ourselves.
Opinion
The bloated medical record
It may be time to reconsider the purpose of the medical record.
Opinion
Pain mismanagement by the numbers
Pain is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. Distilling a person’s pain experience to a single number doesn’t make sense, nor does reflexly...