by Alicia Essers | Jun 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
I actually feel intimidated to write this about meditating because although I have incorporated meditation in my life for many years, I find myself learning more and more about it every day. I would say I am not new to meditation but I am definitely not an expert....
by Leslie Sutton | Jun 14, 2022 | Uncategorized
I may be an amateur at meditation, but I reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally think you should start a practice. When it first occurred me to write this, I thought why should I, as a dietitian, write a blog to encourage or teach anyone else to meditate? And then I realized WHY...
by Wolfram | May 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
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by Wolfram | May 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Increasingly, the concept of pediatric resilience is being validated through scientific investigation. “The process of developing resilience in children and adolescents has progressively become of particular interest to healthcare professionals and families...
by Uma Pisharody | Mar 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Modern medicine, a system originally designed to fix acute health care problems, now creates more chronic health care problems than helping to solve them. I see the dangers of over-testing and over-prescribing taking place each day in my day-to-day pediatric clinical...
by Nurse Kathleen Mcintosh | Mar 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
Dairy, in its purest form (think milk, cheese, plain yogurt) is a Real Food. Unless someone has a diagnosed dairy allergy or lactose intolerance (symptoms being abdominal cramping, diarrhea, and gas after dairy ingestion), there is no contraindication to consuming it....
by Dr. Allison LaRoche | Mar 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Every once in a while, I have a patient come to the clinic with a parent wondering about an unusual rash on the back of their child’s neck. “It looks like dirt, doctor, what can we do?” When I evaluate the rash, I see an area of skin that looks like a thickened stripe...
by Uma Pisharody | Mar 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
There is a multi-year construction project happening at the hospital at which I work. This means that sidewalks and pedestrian entrances are blocked off. While new paths have been created to circumnavigate the construction chaos, they are a bit confusing. This...
by Uma Pisharody | Feb 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Life is 10 percent what happens to you, and ninety percent how you respond to it.” I love this quote from American football coach, Lou Holtz. I think his words sum up the essence of resilience. Can this quality be taught? Is there a recipe? What are some of the...
by Nurse Kathleen Mcintosh | Feb 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s easy for us to tell patients to just stop consuming sweets, but this doesn’t have to mean the end of enjoying treats. After all, a kid’s gotta be a kid. Parents and their kids feel so dejected when we tell them they have to stop “free sugar” to protect their...
