Tag: parenthood
An Ectopic Pregnancy is a Real Pregnancy; but…
by Edwin | Sep 21, 2022 | Baptist Courier, Emergistan and Medicine, Faith, hope and love | 1 |
https://www.goodto.com/family/ectopic-pregnancy-signs-symptoms-487523 I first published this at the SC Baptist Courier. Here’s the link but full text is below. Wholly Healthy: What Is an Ectopic Pregnancy? I just saw a...
Read MoreLife in Emergistan: The Debt we Owe Our Parents.
by Edwin | Feb 13, 2022 | Emergistan and Medicine | 0 |
This is a link to my current column in Emergency Medicine News. We physicians think we’re so strong and independent; but we owe a huge debt to the people who helped us along the way. Especially our parents....
Read MoreSuicidal Children in the ER
by Edwin | Feb 1, 2022 | Emergistan and Medicine | 2 |
Suicidal Children in the ER A tragedy all around, but especially in rural America Children threatening suicide increasingly show up in our emergency departments. They are sometimes brought in on formal commitment papers,...
Read MoreA Parent’s Guide to Marijuana and Marijuana Use
by Edwin | Sep 6, 2021 | focus on the family | 0 |
This is a column of mine recently published by Focus on the Family. Marijuana use is increasingly common, but as parents we need to ask why young people are using, and also what are the consequences for their physical and...
Read MoreLike Emergency Medicine, Parenting Requires Attention
by Edwin | Aug 6, 2020 | Emergistan and Medicine | 0 |
This is an EM News column of mine from last Summer. Still relevant. https://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2019/07000/Life_in_Emergistan__Like_Emergency_Medicine,.16.aspx This year our daughter...
Read MoreThe Wage Gap and ‘the Burden of Childcare.’
by Edwin | Jan 13, 2020 | Emergistan and Medicine, Wife, kids, pets and home | 0 |
https://www.lookwide.com/audiopost/8kBxwdmKLy The Burden of Childcare...
Read MoreGreat Column by a Colleague. College is indeed more dangerous than we think…
by Edwin | Sep 18, 2019 | Wife, kids, pets and home | 0 |
Great bit of writing by my friend and fellow EM physician/writer, Dr. Lou Profeta. Worth a read for parents of college students and students alike....
Read MoreParents As Anchors
by Edwin | Aug 2, 2019 | Wife, kids, pets and home | 1 |
Parents as Anchors I had occasion to use an anchor recently. We rented a boat on...
Read MoreMaking Sense of Making Babies
by Edwin | Jun 17, 2019 | Wife, kids, pets and home | 0 |
Making Sense of Making Babies Increasingly, our culture seems to treat pregnancy as a disease. Now, physicians in school and training have been told for years not to do this. We were told ‘pregnancy is not a...
Read MoreHopefully College is not the Best Time of Your Life
by Edwin | May 21, 2019 | Issues, humor, hobbies and all the rest, Wife, kids, pets and home | 1 |
I was recently talking to a high school student who was struggling with a decision about...
Read MorePaper Ephemera. (A poem.)
by Edwin | May 30, 2018 | poem, Wife, kids, pets and home, Writing | 1 |
Paper Ephemera Dear children, I have read that there are things you won’t want...
Read MoreLove Their Children; it’s That Easy
by Edwin | May 28, 2018 | Emergistan and Medicine, Slider | 0 |
I have met, in the emergency department, some fierce...
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