The big excitement at the rehearsal dinner for my wedding was a trip to the emergency room. Someone accidentally ate the wrong tortilla chip. We …
Category: Patient care
Harvard forum on the health impact of Japan crises
The Harvard School of Public Health is hosting a forum today from 1 to 2 p.m. Pacific time on the public health response to the …
Study may explain why "Back to Sleep" prevents SIDS
Like many modern infants, my little son has a bit of a flat spot on the back of his head. It's the product of our …
Saving faces of the severely disfigured
Iain Hutchison is a maxillofacial surgeon in the United Kingdom who specializes in treating people whose faces have been severely disfigured. His foundation, Saving Faces, …
Why an emergency room physician keeps his blog
I was happy to learn recently that StorytellERdoc, the blog of an emergency department physician, was awarded the title of "best literary blog" in the …
Video profiles work of pediatric brain-tumor researcher
Earlier this month Vassar College posted a video on Lucile Packard Children's Hospital neurologist Michelle Monje, MD, PhD, and her groundbreaking work on diffuse pontine …
Our "very ordinary" emergency trauma system
There's an interesting Huffington Post piece today on U.S. trauma centers, one of which garnered much attention following the shooting in Tucson, Ariz. eleven days …
Haiti, a year after the quake
At Hospital Albert Schweitzer (where I traveled last February to write about the hospital's struggle to care for the wounded in the quake's aftermath), the …
A 25-year investigation on children's health
The San Diego Union-Tribune recently ran a lengthy article on the National Children’s Study, the largest-ever long-term examination of U.S children's health and development. The …
One gift saves three young lives
Each time I write about an organ transplant, I'm reminded anew of the human impact of medical science. Over the last few weeks, as I've …
Texas Children's Hospital launches a new blog
The blog, which is called Medicine | Milestones | Miracles, launched today. Mark Wallace writes: Through this blog we intend to provide our online visitors …
Precious cargo: Keeping kids safe in cars and planes
As families get ready to travel during the holiday season, many pediatricians are stressing the importance of child passenger safety. Car crashes are the leading …
A TEDWomen talk on teens' reproductive health
tedxbayarea on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Adolescent medicine specialist Sophia Yen, MD, who treats patients at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, gave a presentation at the …
Doctors develop first standard-of-care guidelines for congenital muscular dystrophy
Four-year-old Sophie Kim of Sunnyvale, Calif. has a form of muscular dystrophy so rare that an experienced pediatric neurologist might see her diagnosis only once …
A closer look at Stanford's free clinics
My open enrollment period at work ended last week. A yearly routine, it's easy to forget how lucky I am to be able to make …
Physicians call for creation of regional disaster plans for neonatology
Previous research (subscription required) has shown that traditional triage systems used during natural disasters are not effective for treating newborns. Now a group of doctors …