For a long time, I avoided talking openly about my declining oral health and lack of confidence. Like many people, I brushed off the occasional bleeding gums, the tooth sensitivity, and the constant feeling that my smile had lost its…
There is a particular cruelty in teaching yoga with arthritic joints. I am 51 years old, I have been a yoga and movement instructor for 21 years, and for the last four of those years I have been quietly managing…
I treat patients with hypertension daily. I write prescriptions for ACE inhibitors and ARBs and beta-blockers as routinely as I write referrals. I understand the pharmacology of antihypertensive medication at the molecular level. And for the last three years, I…