Counseling for Pre-Diabetes
Unlike diabetes, the first line of treatment for prediabetes isn’t medication — but rather lifestyle modifications. Rachana D. Shah, MD, MsTR, Medical Director of the…
Course Category: Primary Care Perspectives Podcast
Lipid Screening
“To fast or not to fast?” When it comes to cholesterol screening, that is the question. Rachel Shustak, MD, and Jordy Martino, MSN, CRNP, an…
Vaccine Hesitancy
If there’s one lesson the COVID pandemic taught us, it is that public health lives on a local level — and in order to learn…
Nirsevimab (Beyfortus)
For the first time, a preventative medicine is available to protect infants and high-risk toddlers from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Lori Handy, MD, MSCE, attending…
Fatal Poisonings
It’s hard to call an opioid overdose an accident when it happens to a young child — at home and under supervision. Some fatal poisonings…
Torticollis: 3 Types and Takeaways
When thinking about physical therapy, babies may not necessarily come to mind. But in the case of congenital muscular torticollis patients, PT can have a…
Syphilis: Prevalence and Prevention
Snuffles, Hutchinson teeth and saber shins — what do these things all have in common? They are symptoms of syphilis. Also known as the “great…
ADHD Medication Management
Through no fault of their own, ADHD medications often bear the misconception of being ineffective — or worse, unsafe — yet they are the first…
The Future of Pediatrics
Did you know that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there were “milk stations” that provided supervision of infant feeding and growth? The…
Managing Sinus Infections
Have you heard that babies can’t get sinusitis because they don’t have sinuses? Not true! Mark Rizzi, MD, attending physician in the Division of Otolaryngology…