I am a member of DE BEST (Behavioral and Emotional Support Team). It is a volunteer group. The goal is to provide mental health assistance when a group of individuals in the state experience an emotional tragedy. The [...]

People will often quote statistics to prove a point that they are trying to make. The problem with that is related to the fact that there are a lot of variables to any statistic. Without knowing those variables, [...]

Last month, the CEO of UnitedHealth was murdered in New York City. There was an associated outpouring of comments on social media related to that. Most of those comments suggest that there is a lack of knowledge about [...]

One of the things pediatricians talk about at well baby visits is nutrition. There are guidelines available that allow infants to grow in the healthiest manner. None of those guidelines indicate that the faster an infant begins baby [...]

This is the time of year when people make New Year’s resolutions. We all know that most of them are doomed to failure. There are some reasons why that happens. That means that there are some ways to [...]

There are a finite number of medical things to write about for Christmas. For that reason, I beg your indulgence as I dust off one of my previous Christmas articles. Some things are worth repeating. As we celebrate [...]

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased in frequency over the years. Some of that is due to better diagnosis. Some of that has been due to reclassifying children with other developmental disabilities as having ASD. However, that does [...]

There are several layers to our ability to think as rational human beings. They are based on our experiences and education. Those things affect how our brain tells us to act. The most basic layer is common sense. [...]

On Thanksgiving we celebrate the feast that the Plymouth colony had with the Wampanoag tribe that lived in the area. The story goes that the native Americans heard gunshots of celebration. They thought the gunshots were signs of [...]

The Emergency Room is a busy place. There are lots of opportunities for things to fall through the cracks. A study published in July 2023 showed that the hectic pace led to hundreds of thousands of incorrect diagnoses [...]