Keeping Your Kids Healthy This Winter

by drcolinknight | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog, Pediatrics

With November upon us, we’re starting to experience the colder weather that the wintertime months are associated with. While it hasn’t quite gotten to those frigid temperatures in many places, we’ll be there before we know it. If you have kids, wintertime can be...

COVID-19: Some Essential Information for Understanding the Pandemic

by drcolinknight | Jul 13, 2020 | Blog, Dr. Colin Knight, Medicine, Miami

Your best foundation of safety during a viral pandemic is to understand what the virus that you’re faced with is. Coronaviruses can cause respiratory illnesses in mammals like us. Some cause mild diseases with symptoms like the common cold and others can cause more...

How Wearing a Mask Can Help Protect Yourself and Those Around You

by drcolinknight | Jun 4, 2020 | Blog, Dr. Colin Knight, Medicine, Miami

One prominent aspect of the new normal is the prevalence of face masks in public spaces. Based on CDC and WHO guidelines, individuals are encouraged to wear masks for the sake of preventing the spread of COVID-19. While medical grade N-95 masks have proven to be the...

Four Tips for Staying Physically and Mentally Healthy Right Now

by drcolinknight | Jun 2, 2020 | Blog, Dr. Colin Knight, Medicine, Miami

As COVID 19 continues to impact the country, millions of Americans are forced to stay at home for their health and safety. Gyms and fitness centers, schools and parks, and many other public places are closed, which ultimately limits physical exercise and social...

COVID-19: What Parents Need To Know

by drcolinknight | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog, Dr. Colin Knight, Florida, Medicine, Miami, Pediatric Surgery, Pediatrics, Surgery, Surgical Resident

I’m a parent and a doctor. I am neither a virologist (a scientist who studies viruses) nor an infectious diseases specialist, however, I’d like to summarize what I know about the disease that is disrupting our lives to an unprecedented degree. COVID-19 (coronavirus...

Tips For Staying Safe & Healthy During COVID19

by drcolinknight | Jan 24, 2020 | Blog, Dr. Colin Knight, Florida, Medicine, Miami

Seemingly with each passing hour, there is a new ominous news broadcast regarding the newest location where the Coronavirus has spread and the latest major world event that has been cancelled in the hopes of preventing the microbe from spreading. Amidst all this...