A near miss with a young boy on a motorized scooter prompts a doctor to research micromobility devices. There has been a significant increase in injuries related to these devices, particularly among children. However, simple common-sense safety measures could help prevent injuries on these or any wheeled device.
So I took my dog for a pre-dawn walk in zero-degree weather, and I wasn’t well-prepared. Large swathes of the country were experiencing unusual cold. Headlines detailed the deaths due to the ice and elements, including deaths from hypothermia. Here in New England, it was …
“Mom, it looks like it’s going to rain, we should not be going for a walk right now,” warned my twelve-year-old daughter. “It’s done raining,” I reassured. “Let’s just go. Get some fresh air.” Neither she nor our thirteen-year-old son were really happy about it, …
Here it is, January 2024. It was a little over two years ago that I left clinical medicine for industry. It’s fair to do a little look-back and assess how it’s been: Just to recap, It was in April 2021 that I had an epiphany. …