A physician, like anyone, can be a poor explainer of things for several reasons, but foremost among these is the tendency to…
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Important new information in the tragic cases of child abuse
by Christopher Johnson MD April 9, 2019Like many pediatric intensivists, I care from time to time for victims of child abuse in the form of what is often…
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Children are relatively healthy overall. Although 25% of the American population is under the age of 19, only 2% of annual deaths…
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Be careful of assigning the diagnosis of ADHD to young children just entering school
by Christopher Johnson MD February 19, 2019Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common diagnosis in children today, and is increasingly a diagnosis assigned to adults, too. ADHD…
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The over-the-counter sale of probiotics is a huge industry. They are heavily promoted on social media as a cure-all for a wide…
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I spent my early and mid-career years working in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at a large academic center. We did…
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Imagine this scenario. Your two-year-old son has had a runny nose for a day or two and an occasional cough, but seemed…
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The stethoscope. Nothings says “I’m a doctor” more than the stethoscope in a pocket or draped around the neck. Forty-five years ago…
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