Over the past few decades, our country has survived many tragedies, from 9/11 to school shootings. Violence has sadly become a part of our culture. However, the events in our own community over the past week have been especially gut wrenching to me. How do we talk to our kids about what's happening Read More
Newborn Screening
In 2002, when I was a second year pediatrics resident in Atlanta, a three-week-old baby was transferred to my hospital with worsening sleepiness. This baby boy had been doing well for the first few weeks of life, but then he started eating poorly and became harder to wake over the course of a few Read More
Technology
Think back to when you were a kid. Do you remember sitting around the TV on Thursday nights to watch prime time with your family? I sure do. We would watch The Cosby Show (gulp) and Family Ties together. When a commercial would come on we would race to the bathroom or to refill our drink. When the Read More