Mar 10, 2023 | children, News, Opioids |
With all that has been going on over the last 2 – 3 years, it is easy to forget that we were in an opioid crisis. This crisis hasn’t been fixed. It is still ongoing. From NYT: Opioids were the leading cause of fatal poisonings among children age 5 years...
Aug 31, 2022 | children, Drugs, News |
From CBS News: The Drug Enforcement Administration issued an advisory Tuesday about an “emerging trend” of “brightly-colored” fentanyl pills being used to lure children and young people. What is often called “rainbow fentanyl” has...
Nov 1, 2019 | children, Drugs, News |
Cystic Fibrosis is an awful disease. (like any of them are good.) For the most part, treatment is about managing symptoms and keeping the lungs from building up with mucus. Now there is a new drug that offers hope. A new cystic fibrosis therapy dramatically improved...
Feb 3, 2017 | children, healthcare, News, Trauma |
Sorry I haven’t posted in awhile. Will try and post a couple of times per week on current medical topics. Chemical burns from detergent pods have increased dramatically. This is mostly due to an increase in ocular burns. From JAMA Ophthalmology – Chemical...
Dec 27, 2014 | children, News |
For some reason, we think if a little is good then more has to be better. Over the years, we have slowly figured out that more isn’t necessarily better. Antibiotic treatment is probably the best example. A short course of perioperative antibiotics has clearly...
Nov 7, 2014 | children, healthcare, News |
In the US, we have a very diverse population. Some of us get great care and others never see a doctor. From NPR: The number of babies born too early dropped to 11.4 percent of all births in 2013, the best number in 17 years. But that’s still more than 450,000...
