Crazy Over Katrina

Mental health after a disaster

Out of Joint

Surgery gone wrong

by BROBSON LUTZ, M.D.

Fracture a hip? Get a replacement and get on with your life. Most of the time this is exactly the way it goes...

It Must've Been Something I Ate

Watching out for tainted food

by BROBSON LUTZ, M.D.

Foodborne illnesses crop up in all settings – neighborhood greasy spoons, catered elegant events, country...

SUMMER TOENAIL WOES

by BROBSON LUTZ, M.D.

My toes appreciate a good summer vacation. After I get a tan going, my toes and feet look better. In the summer I am not on my feet like during the school year,” says Betsy Kaye Byrd, a teacher at Holy Name of Jesus School.

Summer treasures include bathing...

News for Noses

Symtpoms that are nothing to sniff at

If you think allergies are a stuffed-up nose and a tickle in the throat, stop thinking and keep reading.

“Ninety percent of people in New Orleans who think they have nasal allergies are wrong. They actually have vasomotor rhinitis, fueled by...

A Distant Trauma

Injuries along the parade route

Chews Control

Help for sensitive teeth.

Hacking Away

Those Annoying Coughs

Hunting Season and Health Risks

Zoonotic infections are those that travel from animals to humans. Because hunters are at the interface between humans and wild animals, theoretically they should be at increased risk for all sorts of microorganisms.

What are the zoonotic and insect-related hazards of hunting in southeastern...

Chronit Sunusitis

They told me to get out of New Orleans,” recalls Roger Ogden, reminiscing about some medical advice he received in Denver a few years ago.

His self-described “lifetime proclivity” of upper-respiratory-tract allergies lured him to the National Jewish Medical and Research Center, an internationally...