As a teenager, I did get the occasional #pimple, sometimes a few at a time, more often across my forehead or down my nose. It seemed I...

My oldest daughter, now 30 years-old, started her menses when she was crazy young. She was prepared though, not real bothered by it, nor...

Oh, I can't believe I haven't written about this before because this little nasty condition plagued my childhood. I remember crying late...

After practicing in Indiana for about twenty-five years - ouch - my husband and I relocated to the Lexington area, which is only a three...

Worldwide, anemia in children is a significant concern, impacting nearly half of all children younger than five years of age (Wang,...

When my youngest was very little, she would scream when she rode in the car seat. We had her evaluated by occupational therapy, as most...

My beginnings in private practice were from having first been a Nurse-Midwife and if you're at all familiar with midwifery, you may know...

New recommendations by the American Academy of Dermatology were released in February, just two months ago, regarding the conventional...

It's interesting to me how often clients will have these sort of annoying little ticks, annoying to them of course - not me, and they...

It's true; I say this about about every age, but I really, really love caring for the #adolescent client. I think it's because they are...

As most of you know, my career started as a nurse in the Obstetrical Intensive Care Unit, and then I worked for a smidge in the Neonatal...

One of the things I truly love about family practice is all that I get to learn from my clients. I can't think of a lot more awful than a...

It's not too uncommon to see a man present to the clinic with pain in their scrotum, and it always causes a bit of embarrassment, and of...

Suicide rates are increasing across all populations. I talk about this regularly with clients, and in each and every class I teach...

Retail clinics are controversial in healthcare. Physicians want more control over an industry almost entirely dominated by nurse...

One-third of all pediatric outpatient visits in the United States is for compliant of #fever. Providers throughout primary care, as well...

My memory, I am learning more and more, is not typical in that I can remember my childhood like it was last week. I don't have a few...

Billie Eilish and Lewis Capaldi have more recently announced their struggle with Tourette Syndrome. Lewis Capaldi even shared intimate...

When I was in my post-graduate training, I met a mother who had brought in her two children and a small stack of papers, having spent...

If understanding my position on #genderidentity issues is important to you, so you can decide if I am a good fit to care for your family,...