Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: November 22, 2023
Recent pediatric fatality statistics reveal some troubling trends.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: November 7, 2023
In my opinion, any child who is cranky and not obviously sick is overtired until proven otherwise.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: October 31, 2023
Investigators examining the health histories of more than 150,000 women found that those who were breastfed incurred a 23% greater risk of developi...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: October 20, 2023
Does America have the will to address pediatric obesity on a national scale?
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: October 9, 2023
Until we as health care professionals take sleep deprivation seriously, we will be undertreating and mistreating our patients who would benefit fro...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: October 6, 2023
I’m beginning to believe that the best role for the medical school–trained primary care specialist is someone who has a broad and deep understandin...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: September 19, 2023
As pediatricians, should we try to influence the number of children American adults consider when they are envisi...
News
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: September 12, 2023
As effective obesity drugs become more available and remain safe, it is likely that willpower will no longer dominate the populous psyche.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: September 7, 2023
There is a significant number of patients who have persistent postconcussion symptoms and are unable to resume their usual activities, including sc...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: September 5, 2023
There is a difference between harmless foolishness and stupidity, and one wonders when and in what manner we pediatricians should become involved.<...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: August 14, 2023
Although practicing while sleep deprived generates more headlines, practicing under the influence deserves some f...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: August 9, 2023
While we’re waiting for our health care nonsystem to straighten out, we need to take better care of ourselves.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: August 8, 2023
It may be time to reconsider the purpose of the medical record.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: July 28, 2023
Pain is a complex, multifaceted phenomenon. Distilling a person’s pain experience to a single number doesn’t make sense, nor does reflexly reaching...
News
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: July 12, 2023
Every job has its meaningful and meaningless components. The problem is that we in primary care medicine are facing a landscape in which the meanin...
