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Why (some) parents don’t vaccinate

The million-headed dragon of online anger has a great mouthful of fire for parents who don’t vaccinate their kids. But such scolding misses the mark, alienating caring parents who just want t…

Cannabis And Kids? A Look At Marijuana In Pediatric Medicine

When you talk to some people about cannabis’s medical potential and the scientific research going on behind it, they mig...

What's Right for Your Child: Family Doctor or Pediatrician?

Family doctors are trained to care for patients of all ages. Here's why you should consider taking your child to a family doctor.

What is new in pain management?

The treatment of pediatric pain, particularly chronic pain, is a complex issue. Practitioners must take into account the intersection of physiologic, socio-environmental and psychological environment.

How Menopause Affects a Woman's Urinary Tract

Learn about the changes that occur in the vaginal and urinary tracts of women after menopause, and how to prevent and manage related problems.

Osteopathic Physicians: An Answer To Rural Health Care Needs?

The growing number of osteopathic doctors could help fill the primary care niche in medically underserved areas.

12 states see osteopathic physicians grow more than 100%

Growth of osteopathic medical profession addresses physician shortage in rural and underserved areas.

Changing lifestyles and saving lives: How one osteopathic physician might just change health care

TCOM and HSC Health’s Dr. Dante Paredes combines osteopathic medicine with whole health to give people their lives back.

When physicians inappropriately judge

All physicians naturally make judgments regarding the parents they are interviewing.

Find yourself a physician who is stingy with prescriptions

Every single day I struggle with some parents who just want antibiotics.

How pediatric critical care and a physician anesthesiologist saved a teen’s life

When seconds count, physician anesthesiologists, and pediatric critical care, save lives.

Tips for a healthy school year from a physician mom

It’s back-to-school time, the time of year that often has parents rushing to buy school supplies, new clothes and healthy snacks to stock the

You're a physician and a parent. Which comes first?

There are times where I still resent the sometimes impossible positions that our roles as physicians put us in, forcing us to choose between our children and our patients.

6 lessons this physician learned from his father

Give your kids the courage and confidence they need to be able to step out and take a risk. They will be better for it.

Career or calling: Should my children be physicians?

After a patient asked, one physician wonders why her children aren’t going into medicine.

What is Osteopathic Medicine?

Osteopathic Medicine is founded in the belief that the body is more than just the sum of its parts.

What to do with physicians who don't explain

Ask about those tests, particularly if they involve anything painful for your child.

5 Things I Learned as a Physician and Mother of a Medically Fragile Child

Could osteopathy be used to treat headaches and migraine?

A new study provides insights into how musculoskeletal conditions such as back pain and certain types of headaches and migraine, may be treated differently.

Expanding the osteopathic concept for the health of all things

May expanded access to, and understanding of the osteopathic concept invite us to see, embrace, and live this more fully in our personal and professional lives.