August means back to school season is upon us. For normal people, this time of year brings happy visions of backpacks and fresh crayons. At the urgent care clinic, gloom descends as we count down to packed waiting rooms and families made grumpy by the wait time. In equal proportion to our sadness, little viruses… Continue reading Back to School Immune Defense
I have seen more horrific finger lacerations from improperly opened canned foods than I can count. It happened again this week. It’s usually the same story. Mom is busy cooking dinner. Curious toddler finds the recently opened can in the bin. The lid is still partially attached. Mother hears the child screaming as the initial… Continue reading Toddlers and Tin Cans
Summer is here and in the pediatric urgent care I have begun to see more soft tissue injuries, broken bones and lacerations. While kids are out of school they have markedly more freedom to explore and with this they find creative ways to injure themselves. It is important to have first aid supplies ready. I… Continue reading Top 10 Items in my First Aid Kit
Epsom salt (Magnesium sulfate) is one of the most inexpensive natural healing agents that one can buy at the grocery store. This is a timeless treatment that my own grandmother used for a laundry list of ailments and injuries during the 98 years of her life. I am a member of an amazing Facebook group… Continue reading Epsom Salt Baths
Over the past years I have met many different children and their families who have found eating to be an adversarial part of their lives. As someone who truly loves food (maybe even too much) I feel for these children and their families. Eating is an valued act in many cultures. Unfortunately eating issues are… Continue reading Food Delight
In Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) there exists a concept called mother-child. This is the idea that a mother and a child cannot be dealt with separately with regards to their health. Beyond pregnancy, beyond the original physical bond between mother and child there is the continued existence of mixed qi (chi or vital energy) for… Continue reading TCM Mother-Child: A personal experience
Cough and colds plague this time of year. At our practice bronchiolitis has been the main diagnosis the past two months. This is an illness that comes every year. Despite causing more deaths annually in young children and the elderly it gets less attention in the media than influenza because there isn’t a safe or… Continue reading Bronchiolitis: The Cough that Won’t Quit
