Welcome back to Dr. M's Women and Children First Podcast, where we explore the science, stories, and strategies that help children thrive and families flourish. Today, we're diving into something that affects every parent, every marriage, every friendship, and really every human being: our emotional triggers. Why do seemingly small moments sometimes provoke such big reactions? Why do we repeat the same patterns even when we know better? And perhaps most importantly, how do

An issue on everyone's mind lately is the parasite Cyclospora. The good news is that, for the overwhelming majority of healthy people, this is more of an unpleasant gastrointestinal illness than a dangerous infection. Cyclosporiasis is an intestinal infection caused by the protozoan parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, acquired almost exclusively by ingesting contaminated fresh produce or water. Humans are the only known reservoir. Unlike many enteric pathogens, the parasite'

The Medscape/Pediatric News article by Christine Bahls, "The Rise of Early-Onset Diabetes: A Looming Crisis," frames youth-onset type 2 diabetes as one of the most significant emerging pediatric health threats. Rather than viewing diabetes as an isolated endocrine disorder, the article emphasizes it as the downstream consequence of profound changes in childhood metabolism, nutrition, and environment. We are seeing this reality play out weekly in our clinic. We are diagnosing