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Everyone swells up like hot dogs in the Summer, right?
I literally just saw my second patient today with the complaint of leg swelling. ‘Tis the season. When is leg swelling abnormal? One of the most challenging patient issues I have to deal with is swelling, otherwise known as edema. I have a large variety of patients, big and small, young and old, that come…
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Why This Doctor Celebrates Happiness Daily: Mental Health Awareness
My Mother’s birthday is May 20th. Mother’s Day was May 14th. May is National Mental Health Month. Why are all of these things interesting?—Because my Mother, who is resting in Heaven, suffered and eventually succumbed to the effects of mental health issues, including depression and alcoholism. This year, the month of May is a little…
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SUPERWOMAN HIGHLIGHT!
This week’s Superwoman Highlight is Dr. @breastnbodydoc , Aisha McKnight Baron. You may know her from the show, Atlanta Plastics, but she announced her own solo practice a few months ago. Show your support by liking/sharing her Facebook page http://fb.me/BreastBodyBeauty and visiting the website at http://www.breastbodybeauty.com. Check her out! Congrats, Doc! #breastbodybeauty #mompreneur #bossbabe #nosuperwoman…
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Love for our Men: Update on Prostate Cancer Screening Controversy
Last week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (known as USPTSF), posted an update to the controversial recommendations against doing prostate cancer screenings. This year, the group now mentions what I’ve been thinking for years—to have an active and proactive conversation about pros and cons with the patient before deciding. It is still noted that…
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SUPERWOMAN HIGHLIGHT!
Superwoman Highlight salutes Dr. Essence of Strength @dressenceofstrength! Nominated by @afitdoc4life . As a self-care coach and retired physician, she helps other docs become stress free. From her site, essenceofstrength.com, “Over-educated yet under-satisfied with my life……My passion (is) for helping and healing others becoming slowly buried under layers of stress, exhaustion, and burnout.” We salute…
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The Sleepy-Mama Syndrome
The Sleepy-Mama Syndrome is a term I made up after treating a patient who’s a single mother of two, works full time, takes online classes at night and is, unsurprisingly, chronically tired. We laughed about how “it just is what it is right now.” But maybe things can be different. If you know me or…
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SUPERWOMAN HIGHLIGHT!
Superwoman highlight salutes Dr. Vicki Barbosa @drvickibarbosa! This brilliant physician trained at Johns Hopkins and Yale and is our Superwoman Highlight of the day. Cheers to Dr.Barbosa, who owns her own practice, Millennium Park Dermatology in Chicago. Check out her Periscope posts and a free focus group on healthy hair at bit.ly/helpmehairdoc. Let’s celebrate her…
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Superwoman Highlight!!
Dr. Bande Virgil M.D. (@themommydoc1) is a board certified pediatrician, a pediatric health expert, and our most recent Swiner Publishing Co. client with an upcoming book later this year. Dr. Virgil enjoys giving advice to parents to help ease the information overload that is available for easy access. This doc has been featured on talk…
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Are you content?
Hubby and I were just talking about this, and if we’re where we thought we’d be at this point in our lives. As I approach 40, my goal as a working wife and Mom, is not to “ball out,” but rather to afford experiences and opportunities for me and my family. I’m not trying to…
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Sneak Peak of our Amazon Best Selling Book….Thinking About Quitting Medicine.
DocSwiner’s Story S: 36-year-old female family doctor, healthy, with a husband, two toddlers and a full-time family practice, presents with signs of “burn-out”. Decreased happiness, joy, and fulfillment when at work. Increased disdain for notes, labs, and study results. She has been working in her practice for seven years and is doing well. But she…
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