Bell’s Palsy

​What are you supposed to think when you wake up and half of your face isn’t working? That was the question one of my patients recently had to ask herself. When she smiled in the mirror, only the left side of her mouth went up. When she tried to close her eyes, only...

Recipe Review- Chicken Pizzaiola

  Chicken Pizzaiola Author: The Amercia’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 30 mins Serves: 4 My hunny originally made this with a side of spaghetti squash for Valentines day and it was SO yummy! We made it again...

School Lunch Box

      This is what my girls got for lunch today: Apple and Natural Peanut Butter sandwich ( we want nut or seed butters to be the nut or seed and possibly salt only. No sugar or extra oils) “Carbmaster” Yogurt from Kroger Turkey Pepperonis...

Antibiotics: When and Why?

This is part three of my question and answer session for the A Musing Maralee blog.  Today I focus on antibiotic use and touch on overprescribing. The original article can be found here.  Andy Smith, MD wrote a related article on antibiotics found here. When do we...

Cold or Flu?

Here is the next post in the series I did for A Musing Maralee’s blog.  I answer some of her reader questions concerning the common cold and influenza infections.  You can find the original blog post here. What is the biggest mistake you see parents making in...