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My son Finley is a ball of energy. At times, he’s hard to contain. He’s opinionated and, like all 4-year-olds, has extremely selective hearing. And…

Last week marked one of the two times each year when I see most of my doctors to check on my ailing liver. I call…

I’m not a morning person. Truthfully, nobody in my household is. Still, our weekday morning routine frequently features at least one sleepy and grumpy individual.

It’s been over a year since I started writing this column about my family’s experience with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC), and it’s been…

Every week, like clockwork, I ask my daughter to give me her list of foods she’d like for the week. Since I’ve given up having…

My two young boys are in full-time day care or school, so we’re no strangers to illness in our household. Between the sniffles, the coughs,…

Three years ago, I had a heart attack. Yes, I know this column is focused on metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), a type of fatty…

I’d describe myself as pretty easygoing. I’m by no means a control freak, but I’m also the type of person who likes paying bills one…

Have you ever woken up from a deep sleep with a cotton mouth, desperately needing refreshment? If you’re like me, the first thing you crave…

Potty training, in my experience, has to be one of the hardest parts of parenting a young child. For my 4-year-old son, Finley, who is…