My Turn

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

By Eva Briggs, MD This month’s column reviews common first aid mistakes to avoid. This topic was inspired when a recent patient showed up

We don’t know exactly why AMD occurs but there are some known risk factors: family history, Caucasian race and smoking By Eva Briggs, MD

When I started my career, there was no such thing as an electronic medical record. My hospital progress notes and office notes were handwritten.

Disease has been highlighted because of actor Bruce Willis, who recently was diagnosed with it Years ago, one of my patients was brought in

I’m writing something a little different for this column — a book review. It’s not a best seller, it’s not a scientific work, but