As an Emergency Medicine Physician, the more information I have, the better the patient care I can give. It is very important to keep in mind that information you might not think is relevant could actually make a major difference in the emergency room. I highly encourage everyone to update their “In Case of Emergency” (ICE) [...]
“Dirt Don’t Hurt,” says the new age mom as she relaxingly eyes her 5-year old rolling like dough on the kitchen floor. Well, dirt don’t hurt, but guess what? Germs do! And even more so when you have more than one child to nurse back to health. Sick kids equal X days of missed school and X [...]
Our knees allow us to do some pretty great things. Without knees, how would we walk, propose to the love of their life, beg for forgiveness, sit ‘criss-cross applesauce’, shoot a three-pointer from 28 feet away, or kick a game-winning field goal? But, unfortunately, these miracle joints have their weaknesses and vulnerabilities that can make [...]
Review homework…check. Make dinner…check. Iron tomorrow’s clothes…check. Monitor bath time...check. Read bedtime story…check. Come up with healthy lunch ideas? Ummm... On top of everything else that parents are responsible for, thinking up healthy meals can be daunting— especially when you want to find options that your kid will actually eat. A good way to think [...]
The late 20th century was an era plagued by supersized fast food meals and TV worshiping. Fitness was diminished to thumb exercises from playing video games and wrist lifts from getting the remote control off the coffee table. Chronic diseases and nutrition-based lawsuits stemming from widespread childhood obesity brought a nationwide health epidemic to the forefront. [...]
As the summer heat continues, the desire to seek solace in cool water areas such as pools, ponds, and lakes increases. The outdoors is a great way to enjoy the summer, however, in light of the media's recent reports of the Zika virus and its detection in individuals who have not traveled abroad, I thought [...]
“Let food be thy medicine,” said Hippocrates. Hippocrates was half right: food, like almost everything else in life, can be a good thing or a bad thing. It can be the gift that keeps on giving, or our mortal enemy. But when we make the right food choices, food can do wonders for our immune [...]
It’s that time of year again, when the back to school excitement abounds our family circles. New classroom...new teacher...new friends… And while kids are getting psyched up for all the changes right around the bend, Mom and Dad are consumed with back to school shopping and pick-up & drop-off schedules. Amidst all the August anxiousness, it’s easy [...]
Rainy day? Too hot to go outside? Rather than letting your kids retreat into TV zombie land, there are many creative kids activities you can do to keep their minds and bodies active. Instead of spending money on new games or toys for them, challenge the kid inside of you to come up with activities [...]
What’s the first thing your little athletes go for after a straight 30-minute sprint in 90-degree Texas weather? Just like a commercial ad, they reach for their Gatorade (or Powerade), guzzle it down, and breathe a sigh of relief. Gatorade was created in 1965 when a head football coach from University of Florida sought to [...]
