Category: General Health

  • Back to School #covidstyle

    As a long-anticipated return to school is upon us, many of my patients are asking me about COVID prevention. In this post, I will review some must-do items and I will also cover what I am doing for my own three children who will be returning to in-person school after a year and a half.…

  • Stop For a Minute: Making Mindfulness and Gratitude Part of You

    Stop For a Minute: Making Mindfulness and Gratitude Part of You

    I recently worked with a most excellent medical student, Karinne Van Groningen. She is the kind of student that practicing physicians love to work with: enthusiastic, bright, and a self-starter. During her rotation with us, she chose a topic and wrote a guest post featured below: “Good morning my Karina!” That was the typical greeting…

  • Sick of Being Sick – Home Cold and Flu remedies

    Sick of Being Sick – Home Cold and Flu remedies

    My husband keeps complaining that he is sick of being sick… well, winter is here, and as I keep telling my patients, it is the Venn diagram season of viruses. We are still seeing summer viruses and the winter viruses seem to be in full force. There is not one surefire method of preventing or…

  • Travel Tips

    Travel Tips

    Before I post, I need to say that my heart aches for all those who were lost at Sandy Hook. I thought about doing a grief post, but there are many better qualified people to address that difficult topic. Instead, for those of us fortunate enough to spend the holidays with loved ones, I thought…