Doctor's Voice
Jun 17, 2022
How to help families enjoy summer swimming without excessive fear or concern. As the weather warms up and kids run to the pools, drownings are a significant concern among pediatrician...
Jun 15, 2022
The following was originally posted on February 6 by Kelly Cawcutt, MD, to her personal blog at paragonfire.com. Oh how COVID-19 has changed everything, right? Even if ...
Jun 15, 2022
Q: I am on an ad hoc committee at my hospital looking into an EMTALA problem that we are trying to head off. We are a very small facility and the ER only offers limited services. There are two orthope...
Jun 10, 2022
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and...
Jun 09, 2022
A growing number of new physicians are focused on finding positions in which they can achieve a suitable work-life balance. National physician recruiting firm Merritt Hawkins surveyed final-year me...
Jun 09, 2022
Q: I own a small medical building in which my office is located. The problem is that one tenant, a speech therapist, gets frequent social visits from her son, who brings his dog, and the dog urinated ...
Jun 06, 2022
While obesity is a chronic, complex disease that can affect anyone, it impacts men and women differently. Although the proportion of men and women with excess weight is about equal, the severity is di...
May 31, 2022
According to the CDC, there are approximately 50 million people in the US living in chronic pain. We all know about the opioid crisis, and this knowledge has done nothing to help alleviate pain many a...
May 27, 2022
Many Americans struggle with chronic conditions. The CDC estimates six in 10 US adults have a chronic disease, and four in 10 have two or more. It is the leading cause of death and disability and a dr...
May 27, 2022
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and...
May 24, 2022
Currently, about 37 million adults across the United States are living with chronic kidney disease (CKD). By the CDC’s estimate, this is about 15% of all adults in the country. Yet, by that same est...
May 20, 2022
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and...
May 18, 2022
The following was originally posted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Infectious Diseases blog. Dr. Rupp recently assisted in the creation of ne...
May 13, 2022
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and...
May 09, 2022
One Tool in Our Arsenal to Combat Obesity Obesity is a complex disease with a web of interlocking causes that are unique to each patient, including genetics, nutrition, hormones, medi...
May 05, 2022
Throughout the pandemic, there has been so much controversy about masking and distancing. I’m not an infectious disease specialist, epidemiologist, or even a public health researcher. I’m just a...
May 04, 2022
Liver cancer is the third-highest cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and incidence of primary liver cancer in the US has tripled in the last four decades. Chronic viral hepatitis is the leading...
May 04, 2022
The following was originally posted to the University of Nebraska Medical Center Division of Infectious Diseases blog. What does clinical infectious disease research have to offer th...
May 02, 2022
Decades ago, doctors finished their medical training, hung up their shingle and started practicing medicine. Today, there are many practice arrangements available, from hospital-employed to partnershi...
Apr 29, 2022
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw” (W. W. Jacobs, 1902). As such, they are tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and...
