Birth of the Vaccine Mom
With the birth of my daughter came the mom’s group—a place where first-time mothers can go in sweatpants, baby in tow, and not feel guilty…
My Friend Al: An HPV Story
When he turned sixty, my friend Al went for his yearly physical and mentioned to the attending physician that he had a small lump on…
I Survived What Was Supposed to Kill Me
A few years before my diagnosis, I had seen many doctors for irregular bleeding and cramping. Sometimes my paps would come back abnormal and doctors…
A Survivor Who Reminds Us to Prevent Cancer
Every parents' life has been touched in some way by cancer. Whether they or their friends or their grandmothers or someone else has beaten or…
The Crunchy Skeptics Changed My Mind
We started out following the doctor’s orders with our first baby—she received her first year’s vaccines on time. After a period of moving around a…
Vaccine Injury Stories: the Sacred Cows of the Internet?
The Consequences of Refusing Vaccines
I think about children and vaccines more than the average person. I'm an emergency medicine physician, and a parent's decision to vaccinate his or her…