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“Kindness is the Best Medicine” by Joanie Holm, RN, C.N.P. My name is Joanie Holm. I am a certified nurse practitioner in Brookings, South...

It has been a few years since my children were babies! Having spent my youth as a babysitter and a career in pediatrics, I...

As unique is our loss is as unique is our grief. What do we do when one day we can smile, laugh, and look...

Technology has come a long way in the past 200 years. The telegraph was invented in 1837 and made rapid long range communication possible....

It’s human nature to tell stories about the past, and doctors aren’t immune to that impulse. The second year medical students rotating through my...

As a general internist who does primary care for adult and elderly patients, I talk to patients a lot about arthritis and joint replacement...

“Well, doc,” the patient was telling me, “I get winded so easily now. I can hardly go to the mailbox without stopping to catch...

  During our most recent family movie night, we watched one of my favorites: Encanto. At one point in the movie, a character who has...

As husband and wife urologists, we talk a lot about sex (mainly at work). There are several issues that commonly arise in our patients...

“I’ve got this cough that just won’t go away,” my patient says, and I know this story all too well. Chronic cough, a cough...