Prairie Docs: “Don’t Just Take It From Me”

When your doctor prescribes a new medication, it’s easy to just nod and head to the pharmacy. However, before you fill any new prescription, a few questions deserve answers and the best time to ask them is during your visit.

Steering in the Right Direction

Life is hard sometimes, even when we are young. Pressed between the pages of my mind is a memory of our mother telling the story of the day Donald ran away from home. He was not quite five at the time.

PRESSED BETWEEN THE PAGES: Nothing to It!

She made it look so easy! Long slim fingers encircled the white orbs. Two, three, even four at a time, Mom transferred the eggs from the straw-lined metal nests to the straw-lined metal pail.

Prairie Docs: Why Rest Is More Than Sleep

Have you ever slept the recommended eight hours, only to wake up feeling tired and unready to take on the day? In addition to focusing on your sleep habits, consider the health benefits of rest.

Stray Thoughts:

It is difficult to contain my sadness today.Like many of you, I watched the flooding in Nepal.Unlike many of you, I spent memorable time there.I travelled into those mountains and traversed those same rivers and rode on the most dangerous roads imaginable, thousands of feet up, close enough to see...

Big things, small steps

The largest brick building is constructed one brick at a time. A long journey by foot is completed one step at a time. A home is built one board at a time. The most monumental accomplishments are achieved through a series of small, manageable steps.Any goal is achieved by taking enough small steps.

Stray Thoughts: That which surrounds us

In my six-walled office, I have an “I Love Me” wall.

Prairie Docs: Back to School, Back to Bedtime

If bedtime has drifted an hour or two later over the summer, nothing has gone wrong. Late sunsets, camp schedules, vacations, and relaxed screen rules all nudge a child’s internal clock later.

Stray Thoughts: School and Your Future

The goal of high school is to set each student up for careers that will be enjoyable to do and that will pay their bills.Toward that end, students should learn right away what careers are unlikely to be available for them in the future.There was a time when I would ask my students what career they...

Prairie Docs: Inherent challenges in comprehending cancer

Human anatomy is fascinatingly and frustratingly complex.