Prevention of disease starts at the earliest stages of life and continues until our final breath. This site and Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast are dedicated to the task of disease prevention in children.
Welcome back to Dr. M’s Women and Children First. Today, we are joined by one of the leading voices in the world of vagus nerve health, functional medicine, and autonomic nervous system regulation, Dr. Navaz Habib. Dr. Habib is a
Today on Dr. M’s Women and Children First, we welcome one of the most important voices in modern child development and behavioral science, Mona Delahooke. Dr. Delahooke is a licensed clinical psychologist, internationally recognized speaker, and the author of groundbreaking
Welcome back to Dr. M’s Women and Children First. Today’s conversation moves into one of the deepest layers of human development: attachment, relationship, and the way early experiences shape the architecture of our emotional lives. My guest today is Duey
Welcome to Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast. Today’s conversation is a little different. Six men. One table. No scripts. Just a shared commitment to something that doesn’t come with a manual—fatherhood. We’re talking about what it means to
Nothing in biology is random. Not growth. Not metabolism. Not disease. What we will explore today is the reality that the earliest inputs in life: nutrition, environment, signaling, don’t just influence outcomes… They shape them. They write the first draft.
On today’s episode of Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast, we welcome Halie Hauser, a pediatric clinician, storyteller, and quiet architect of early childhood connection. Halie is the creator of Storytime Explorers, a storytelling platform designed for toddlers and
Should You Feed A Viral Illness? This Nature news article discusses emerging evidence that eating may acutely enhance immune responsiveness, particularly through effects on T cells, the learning part of the adaptive immune system. The paper centers on the old
The Adult Chair, the Adolescent Chair and the Child’s Chair The Adult Chair by Michelle Chalfant is a practical framework for emotional maturity, self-awareness, and healing old patterns that unconsciously drive adult behavior. The central premise is that most people
Birth Order Birth Order Is Biology, Not Birthright – so says a new paper in MedRxIV (Kramer et. al. 2026) Here is a short field guide to how sequence shapes the immune system, and maybe the brain in children. We’ve
Literature Review 1) Cancer is now a unique risk factor for Cardiovascular disease according to recent research. This is being discussed as a point of emphasis for those that have been diagnosed with cancer as the knowledge is a wake
Introduction Welcome to another installment of DocSmo.com, also known as Women and Children First podcast. I’ve taken a hiatus from weekly posts for the past year but I haven’t stopped exploring pediatrics and parenting. Today, I’m going to review
Journal Club #2 with Andrew Brackins MSIV Topic today – Traumatic brain injury or concussion is a significant problem in young adults and children. What do we know about the reasons why some people suffer longer term symptoms? What can