Prairie Doc Perspective

Some health problems are much larger than the health care system and cannot be fixed by doctors, nurses, hospitals, and the rest of the...

When I teach medical students, I always remind them that we will see people on the very best days of their lives and the...

In a truly grand feat of modern science, The Human Genome Project, an international collaborative effort, set out in 1990 to map our genetic...

Success in life and all its phases can be measured in many ways. Some reminisce of their glory days in high school. Maybe they...

As a rheumatologist, I often get the question, “What do you do?” According to my kids, their mom does “something with joints.” At the...

A three-pound baby entered the world in recent days. This precious child was born after his Mom spent seven weeks in the hospital on bedrest. At...

Let’s Put Ourselves in Their Shoes When I met her, she was younger than I am now. I was responsible for admissions to our hospital...

Indeed, there is a lot we can worry about in the world today. It can be so easy to let those problems invade our...

As a primary care physician, I commonly encounter patients who smoke cigarettes. Most people, including those who smoke, are aware of the long-term health...

I remember feeling jealous of my grandparents as a child. During one of our summer visits, I realized that while my siblings and I...