Marina Capella

Long COVID in Children and Adolescents: An Integrative Approach to a Complex Pediatric Condition

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Most children recover from COVID-19 within a few weeks, returning to school, sports, and their usual routines with few lingering effects. Yet for a subset of pediatric patients, recovery is incomplete. Weeks or months after the initial infection, they continue to experience profound fatigue, headaches, dizziness, cognitive difficulties, exercise intolerance, sleep disturbances, gastrointestinal symptoms, or […]

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Why AI Will Never Replace Great DPC Doctors

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If you’ve spent any time experimenting with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or other large language models, you’ve probably experienced a mixture of awe and unease. The awe comes from watching an AI system synthesize thousands of pages of medical literature in seconds, generate differential diagnoses, explain complex pathophysiology, and draft patient education materials that would have

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Revisiting IgG Food Sensitivity Testing: Has the Story Changed Since 2008?

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For many clinicians practicing integrative medicine, IgG food sensitivity testing (performed by companies like Genova Diagnostics) occupies an interesting and often uncomfortable space. On one hand, professional allergy societies have recommended against its use for more than 15 years. On the other hand, many functional and integrative physicians report seeing meaningful clinical improvements when IgG

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The Augusta Rule: A Simple Tax Strategy for DPC Practice Owners

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One of the most interesting transitions that occurs when physicians become practice owners is the gradual realization that business success is not determined solely by revenue generation. Most physicians spend decades learning how to diagnose illness, counsel patients, and deliver excellent clinical care, but very few receive any formal education in tax planning. As a

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058 Dealing with Entitled Patients

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Listen to the podcast here: Dealing with Entitled Patients Episode Summary: In this episode, Phil and Marina discuss the challenge of dealing with entitled or difficult patients in a Direct Primary Care pediatric practice. Using recent real-world examples, they explore how unrealistic expectations, manipulative behavior, and misunderstandings can create emotional and operational strain for physicians.

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