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Category: Pediatrics
Clinicians serving under-resourced populations should seize opportunity for free lifestyle medicine education
As a pediatrician serving under-resourced families in Washington, D.C., I was glad to see health leaders converge for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Solutions to food insecurity and diet-related diseases are urgently neede…
Are pediatricians too nice?
One summer a few years ago, I went to pick my son up from camp. He was attending a week-long specialty day camp where the kids spent a week with an expert in some area of interest. The camp offered everything from basketball, soccer, and tennis to acti…
Is there a third pathway of resilience?
My social media feed has increasingly included stories of friends “quiet quitting.” A term popularized through TikTok, quiet quitting is a reaction to the exploitation of employee labor without providing additional compensation. Simultaneou…
Measles: a preventable disease that is making a comeback
I see there has been yet another measles outbreak; at the time of writing, the count is 59 in central Ohio. All are either unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated. No doubt local pediatricians are being flooded with worried parents proffering their offspr…
You need to ask these questions to teens starting hormone therapy [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “A good history and physical, including screening, can prevent consequences that burden a patient’s daily life and increase health care costs. Assessing cardiovascular risk is a key p…
With RSV, it’s time for primary care to step up to the plate
Every pediatrician is familiar with this endemic seasonal virus, expecting to see several cases in their office during the winter months and maybe even admit the occasional one for inpatient care. Even amongst the latter, most do well and recover witho…
Aesthetics and the physician’s eye
The fall sunlight calls my eye to notice little things: the veins on a yellowing maple leaf. The askew feather on a chicken’s wing. The faintest breeze tricking the pond into patterned sin waves around a lone white duck. What do we owe this world…
What you need to know about sensory processing disorders [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Understanding and recognizing sensory processing issues may help improve functioning and quality of life for many individuals, starting with children in school. While many are prepar…
Protecting children from bad medical care
Unfortunately, at least from where I sit, suboptimal medical care seems to abound. And every encounter of my family members with the health care behemoth is an opportunity for them to become a recipient of it. When it comes to shielding them, I have ha…
