Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: January 25, 2023
Most of us are employees now. We need to finally accept that role and begin acting like employees working under stressful and unhealthy conditions....
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: January 9, 2023
Over the last half century we have produced several generations of parents who have little knowledge and certainly no personal experience with a ch...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: December 21, 2022
When it comes to subjects in which there is no one best answer, the relative anonymity of the Internet provides cover for language that can be hurt...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: December 12, 2022
If there is a low-hanging fruit in the customer service orchard it is one person at a time deciding to behave in a civil manner toward fellow citiz...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: November 17, 2022
One size does not fit all for gender-dysphoric children and certainly their care should not be dictated by a politically influenced entity.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: November 4, 2022
As we craft our messaging have we thought enough about the potential side effects of our attempts at scaring the public into following our suggesti...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: September 7, 2022
“Skipping breakfast and eating breakfast out of the home were linked to greater odds of psychosocial behavioral problems than eating breakfast at h...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: August 30, 2022
My sense is that the general population perceives an increase in the prevalence of gender dysphoria; neither of two studies on this issue answers t...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: August 15, 2022
Investigators who did a literature review on the topic determined that clinicians “should be wary of relying on the diagnosis to direct treatment d...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: July 27, 2022
Anecdotal evidence about weight gain and a decline in fitness point to the conclusion that when children are no longer in school, they settle into ...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: July 20, 2022
Simply making postpartum depression screening our own professional priority can save lives, ease suffering, and improve postpartum outcomes.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: July 14, 2022
If the American Academy of Pediatrics had chosen to release a separate statement simply supporting mothers who chose to nurse longer than a year, t...
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: July 6, 2022
When faced with patients who are clearly on the elite sport pathway, our goal is to protect their health – both physical and mental.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: June 21, 2022
This study should not prompt us to throw up our hands and toss out the current recommendations of an hour of moderate activity.
Opinion
- Author:
- William G. Wilkoff, MD
Publish date: June 6, 2022
As a child approaches the 6-month milestone, napping is a topic ripe for well-considered anticipatory guidance.
