THE WORLD ACCORDING TO DR. DAPS

I read an article in the Guardian in 2018 that the term Poverty Medicine was coined by a US physician named Raymond Downing in 2001 on...

Everyone can trace their beginnings to their individual birthdays. That is where their story begins. Not everyone can trace their family...

I don't mind a good bout of crying every now and then. Crying releases the build-up of negative emotions like sadness and anger in a...

April has always been an emotional month for Vietnamese living abroad. April 30th, 1975 was the day that Saigon fell, ending the Vietnam...

A handmade card from my daughter a few years ago. For all of my life, I've had more than my fair share of blessings. Those blessings...

It has been a super busy Thanksgiving holiday week for our family starting with picking up our sons from UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego...

"Don't " That was my son Cameron's one-word advice about traveling internationally during a once-in-a-century worldwide pandemic, uttered...

We drove back to our house on the night of July 4th after spending a week taking care of my elderly parents. Fireworks started as early...

Several years ago I threw a surprise birthday party for my Dad on his 90th birthday. Because he was born in 1923, he lived through the...

I learn so much from my patients every day. Not just in the medical knowledge sense, ie. the multitude of ways that people can present...

Memorial Day is supposed to be a day for us to remember, honor, and mourn the men and women who have died while on duty with the US...

(Patients' names have been changed to protect their privacy) Vera came into our office on Monday, May 10, 2021 with a dozen dark red...