My Turn

By Eva Briggs, MD Summer is coming and lots of people will be heading outdoors. I’ve been a search and rescue volunteer for 20

By Eva Briggs, MD I’m writing this in April, and learned that the first week of April is adolescent and young adult cancer awareness

By Eva Briggs, MD As a physician, I’m always learning with continuing medical education. Recently some CME popped about ketamine and its use to

Allergy season is coming as trees begin releasing pollen in March here in Central New York By Eva Briggs, MD Gesundheit! Or God bless

By Eva Briggs, MD Every day someone asks me why I am not prescribing an antibiotic for their viral infection. Many people hear only

By Eva Briggs, MD As I write this in early December, winter really hasn’t arrived full force. But here in Central New York we

By Eva Briggs, MD Your brain’s nerve cells — neurons — communicate with one another via electrical impulses. If the electrical activity is temporarily

By Eva Briggs, MD I recently started a new hobby, learning to play guitar. This requires a lot of hand dexterity and coordination, possible

By Eva Briggs, MD As I write this article, COVID-19 numbers at the urgent care are steadily climbing. I don’t have a crystal ball

By Eva Briggs, MD Nocturia means getting out of bed to urinate more than once during the night. Frequent nocturia impacts sleep. Disrupted sleep