Pediatrics Perspective

• Lyme Disease: Testing, Prophylaxis, and Treatment   From what to do when a patient presents with a tick, to which antibiotic to select for treatment.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 04, 2021
• Rising Rates of T1D in Children: Is COVID to Blame? With the pandemic came a noticeable rise in cases of new-onset type 1 diabetes in children. Dr Jessica Sparks Lilley discusses possible explanations for this new trend.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 04, 2021
• Investigating Decades of Untested Rape Kits A reporter goes behind the scenes of her serialized investigation into the outrage and promise of untested DNA from rape victims.
  ProPublica, June 03, 2021
• The Vitamin D–COVID Question: Is the Answer in Our Genes?   A Mendelian randomization study attempts to answer the question of whether there is a causal link between vitamin D levels and COVID-19 incidence or severity. Dr F. Perry Wilson breaks down the study.
  Medscape, June 02, 2021
• Vitamin Supplements: Any Role for Heart Disease or Cancer?   Dr JoAnn Manson discusses the meaning of the USPSTF's draft statement on use of dietary supplements to prevent these chronic conditions.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, June 02, 2021
• Rethinking Your Journey to Work Every Day Burnout is seldom the result of a single factor. It is more often a tragic case of death by a thousand cuts: a balky user-unfriendly EMR system, and administrative pressure to see more patients.
  Medscape Pediatrics, June 02, 2021
• Making Kids Wear Masks Isn't Child Abuse   Dr Alok Patel goes over some of the confusion and disagreement about mask wearing among children of various ages.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, May 27, 2021
• 16 Perfect Quotations About Becoming a Doctor Starting a career in medicine right now can be daunting. Here are some words of wisdom, sage advice, and humor for those who just became doctors.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 26, 2021
• Can Bitter Taste Perception Predict COVID Outcomes?   A study suggesting that perception of bitter taste can predict COVID outcomes might just be crazy enough to be true, but there are a few things about the study to worry about, says F. Perry Wilson.
  Medscape, May 26, 2021
• The Stepping-Stones to a Balanced Life These four stepping-stones will help turn your work-life balance from a fast-moving river to a babbling brook.
  Medscape Blogs, May 26, 2021
• Should Kids Get COVID-19 Vaccine Without Parental Consent?   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses whether parental permission should be required for children to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 25, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccine Education and Equity   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Karyne Jones, President & CEO, National Caucus and Center on Black Aging (NCBA), about ensuring vaccine equity across all communities and how education can help overcome vaccine hesitancy.
  WebMD, May 24, 2021
• Mental Health Support for Clinicians: Where's the Privacy? Whereas patient privacy is a tenet of medicine, this isn't the case for doctors and other healthcare providers.
  Medscape Psychiatry, May 24, 2021
• Diagnosing and Treating UTI in the First 2 Months of Life Dr Bill Basco reviews a session at the 2021 PAS that tackled lingering questions about diagnosis and treatment of UTI in very young infants.
  Medscape Pediatrics, May 21, 2021
• Best & Worst Places to Practice 2021 Medscape ranked states and cities on the basis of livability, financial, and malpractice factors to offer places that create an enjoyable practice environment.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 21, 2021
• The Four Attitudes of Resilient Medical Families Days are long and hard for medical professionals and their families right now. For families seeking to come out stronger, they can build resiliency with these four attitudes.
  Medscape Blogs, May 21, 2021
• New Guidance for Those Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 When truly following these guidelines, many social situations in both the public and private setting should still include both masking and social distancing.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 19, 2021
• Herd Immunity Is Still Possible, and I'm not Ready to Give Up   Public opinion seems to be shifting toward living with COVID as we do with flu, but it's not too late to achieve herd immunity, says F. Perry Wilson. All it takes is a bit of hard work.
  Medscape, May 19, 2021
• Perinatal Depression and the Pediatrician's Role The risks of untreated postpartum depression in a new mother are the risks of depression tripled: to her health and to the health of her new infant and their whole family.
  Medscape Pediatrics, May 18, 2021
• Imagine the Worst, or We're at Our Own Peril: Osterholm   At home with politicians and news anchors, CIDRAP's Michael Osterholm shares three rules of science and the media, and explains why policy and science belong together like chocolate and peanut butter.
  Medscape, May 14, 2021