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...
by Allison Edwards | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Health & Wellness
There’s not much to update from last week. Overall, we’re in the same place as we were a week ago. The big question out there is: when will we be done with this? When can we all come out of this stay-at-home stuff? I push back a bit against those questions, as the...
by Allison Edwards | Apr 14, 2020 | Blog, Clinic & Community News, Health & Wellness
Before I go into anything else, please let us know if you are a current member at KCPDC and have been impacted financially by the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to help you and are able to do so through the generosity of our KCDPC members. Just fill out and return this...
