Not having a huge pediatric practice, I must admit how surprised I am by the number of pediatric clients I care for who suffer with stool...

When I was in high school, I was taking a lifeguarding class so was often in the swimming pool. I started breaking out on my chest with...

Many years ago, while watching the sitcom Parenthood with Ray Romano and the hunky, Dax Shepard, it occurred to my former husband that he...

Another super common finding among little ones, particularly those younger than five years of age. Having six of my own and a few...

Since I was a wee little one, I've been very alert to anything health related. Biology fascinated me. First aide was my jam in middle...

A tip I share with most of my clients is if your child has more than one symptom - cough, runny nose, sore throat - then it is almost...

Not a pathology we typically learn in school. I don't remember it in any of the textbooks I read, and I am a self-proclaimed nerd; I do...

This one is a fun one in that there are a plethora of underlying causes for #tinnitus, and sadly, most of what I hear from clients is...

Assessing children and adolescents really is an art, maybe more so than it is even a highly sophisticated science. Children themselves...

Inflammation can occur at any point anywhere from your mouth to your bum. This may relate to a genetic susceptibility or result from...

Cloud chasing has become quite common among teenagers and young adults, even among a few of my own not-so-little ones unfortunately, and...

Easily one of the more common diagnosis I am finding in my primary care practice more recently is ADD in adults, and admittedly, these...

Maldigestion is a challenging presentation for clinicians as a plethora of concerns can be at play. One that seems to be commonly missed...

One of the more common findings upon clinical exam, or even while taking a client's history, is TMJ. They often don't report it when I...

My kids have the most wild ear wax and I am not ashamed to say I have a bit of fun with this. I've used candles on them, Elephant ear...

These were such a common part of my childhood, I thought everyone was familiar, but as a family health practitioner I am learning not...

Having wanted to dive in a bit more this year to celebrating the seasonal transitions more so than stressing myself out with spending far...

Rosacea is a common condition, and unfortunately chronic for about ten percent of people with fair skin. It is generally more common in...

I should have written about this a long time ago. It's a very common, grossly misunderstood women's health issue. So common in fact, that...

As one of the many herpes viruses, this one living in the epithelial cells of the pharynx and parotid duct, #mononucleosis infects about...