I was raised in the traditional Western system of medicine. If anyone in our family became ill, a doctor would prescribe us medication, which we […]

Dennis loved his Diet Coke®. He couldn’t make it to his appointment without lugging along two 32-ounce Diet Cokes from a local fast-food restaurant. He […]

The world loves sports analogies. It’s pretty easy to understand why. You step on the field/court/rink and, a certain amount of time later, you either […]

Those of us who have been in clinical practice for a while all have those individual patients we remember who represent the worst of the […]

Treating rheumatology patients can be tough. I can’t tell you how many times I have told patients that a lot of what we do to […]

Of all the disparities in the healthcare system our patients face, there is one that does not discriminate. It has nothing to do with finances, […]

Remember the game “Whisper Down the Lane?” Basically, the game would start with the person at the head of the line, who would think of […]

It’s 6:30 a.m. and that pesky alarm clock is going off … for the third time. I lay in bed for another 10 minutes, mentally […]

As a dermatology nurse practitioner, psoriasis is one of the most common conditions that I encounter on a day-to- day basis. Psoriasis affects more than […]

There are times as a rheumatology nurse practitioner when I want to bang my head against the wall. A patient doesn’t show up for a […]