As is the case throughout the country, central Ohio is in the midst of a viral surge with an unusually high number of ill children for this time of the year, leading to long delays in our urgent cares and emergency departments, in our primary care offi…
The Oxford dictionary defines insidious as “proceeding in a gradual, subtle way but with harmful effects.” Most people associate this term with clever criminals. I am writing this to ask you to think about it in another way. Perhaps the gre…
An excerpt from Absent-Father Syndrome: Overcoming the Trauma of a Fatherless Childhood. “I’ve sat face to face in front of many adults who were crying their eyes out,” says Rachel Norman, founder of A Mother Far from Home. “The…
One of the most radical implications of the literature on early childhood trauma is that abuse needs to be eliminated from all of our relationships- with our families, teachers, colleagues, and government. When government leaders create a new policy, t…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “Modern parenting comes with challenges that only a modern parent can understand. As both a pediatrician and a mother, I dispense with the advice I wish I had when my daughter was bor…
As a pediatrician, you’d think that I’d be a pro at celebrating growth. After all, I celebrate the growth of children in the office as they meet their developmental milestones and grow physically. I celebrate their academic and social growth. What I ha…
I’m a pediatrician and have been practicing for 29 years. I currently own a solo practice. Here is a story I wrote years after a patient encounter during my residency in 1993. I didn’t know it at the time, but it was an experience that woul…
I have an urgent request for the White House as it is garnering support for its national nutrition strategy that was unveiled at the September 28 White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health: Tell the U.S. Department of Agriculture to stop p…
With COVID-19 vaccines now widely available for children six months and older, we join pediatricians and pharmacists across the country and urge parents to vaccinate their young children against COVID-19 as soon as possible. Schools are open and more a…
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! “There is silence, then the words from the family flow forth. Angry, accusatory, confused, dismissive, worried, ugly, personal. The words cut deeply, and when I pick up the next chart…
