Being board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and working in a full spectrum primary care practice I get to see all types of people every day. Yesterday, for instance, I took care of a two week old and then went across the hall to care for a 99 year old. I...
I was recently asked by Maralee Bradley, host of a great blog on adopting, parenting, and fostering children entitled A Musing Maralee, to answer some of her reader generated questions on fevers, the common cold, and influenza. I’ve had the privilege to do this...
Worldwide, infectious diseases are still the number one cause of death in young children. But deaths from infectious diseases declined markedly in the United States during the 20th century and have long ago fallen out of the number one position. It is remarkable that...
