5 Steps to Avoid Missed Diagnosis or Misdiagnoses
Jerry Elprin

Jerry Elprin
ICmed,LLC

Jerry was born into what Time magazine once dubbed the “Silent Generation,” sandwiched between the Greatest Generation and Baby Boomers. From that perspective, he brings his thoughts and observations on living “healthy” in today’s fast-changing, hyper-connected, often “disruptive” digitized world. After college and a hitch in the Army, he’s worked as a reporter, editor, and marketing executive while raising three now-grown children. He says "So much of what’s considered 'healthy' has changed and is often contradicting what I learned growing up."

January 16, 2017

5 Steps to Avoid Missed Diagnosis or Misdiagnoses

Navigate through this Medical WorldEvery Tuesday in the Washington Post’s Health and Science section Sandra Boodman tells the story of a medical mystery. There’s a condition multiple doctors failed to diagnose and treat for years until one finally stumbles on the cause and solves the mystery. She’s been chronicling these cases for some 10 years and […]

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When it comes to my baby’s health, I trust my instincts
Michelle Riffer

Michelle Riffer

Michelle Riffer is a Talent Resources Manager in the healthcare industry turned Stay-at-Home-Mom. She traded running between corporate meetings and board rooms, for running her 4 kids between activities, appointments and serving on the PTA Board. Diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 6, Michelle has always had an interest in health and wellness, but it turned into a passion when she developed additional autoimmune issues and then struggled to treat Lyme and 3 other tick-borne diseases. After 3 of her children were diagnosed with Celiac, she made it her mission to research her family’s health history, identify food and environmental triggers and keep her family of 6 healthy while squeezing in time to enjoy life.

December 27, 2016

When it comes to my baby’s health, I trust my instincts

This blog is featured in Mother.lyAny parent will tell you that the uncertainty surrounding parental decisions, big and small, begins way before your little bundle arrives—OB or midwife? Home or hospital birth? Medicated or natural delivery? This is true especially if the decision potentially impacts your child’s future health.A few generations ago, parents weren’t nearly as […]

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