by Allison Edwards | Jul 14, 2020 | Blog, Health & Wellness
As a business of the 21st century, we try to create an online presence as much as we create a physical presence. We pepper our Twitter and Facebook feeds with fun marketing pictures, news blips, and resources as we see fit. Of all our posts since opening, we...
by Allison Edwards | Jun 17, 2020 | Blog, Health & Wellness
We haven’t posted an update about COVID-19 in a while because — well — there haven’t been many newsworthy changes in the science and medical situation surrounding COVID-19. We’re still eagerly anticipating a vaccine, our communities are crawling out of...
by Allison Edwards | Jun 17, 2020 | Blog, Health & Wellness, Policy & Economics
Black lives matter, and they matter to us as physicians. We recognize that the medical system has time and again treated the African American community in ways that lead to unacceptable health outcomes. Data show that African American women and infants have increased...
by Allison Edwards | May 21, 2020 | Blog, Health & Wellness
How Do We Talk About the Worst-case Scenario? This post was originally published in the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Fresh Perspectives blog — a venue that frequently highlights Dr. Edwards’ writing. In this post, Dr. Edwards ponders the...
by Guest Blogger | May 6, 2020 | Blog, Health & Wellness
What is Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus? Type 2 diabetes is a relative insulin deficiency with an increased insulin resistance. People with type 2 diabetes make some insulin, but have an increased resistance to insulin due to two main factors: excessive body fat and lack of...
by Allison Edwards | Apr 29, 2020 | Blog, Clinic & Community News, Health & Wellness
There’s not much to update from last week; in fact — I assume that the health updates from here on out regarding COVID-19 may drop off. I’m going to space these updates out to every other week at this point. Last week I wrote about the big question: when will...