Ask Dr. Ukpeh
Fever: What Actually Matters (and What Doesn't)
Fever is a response, not a disease. What we watch is the child - how they drink, how they breathe, how they look between temperature spikes.
August 14, 2026 · 6 min read
The Journal
Writing about health, family, work and the life around them.
A publication rather than a blog. Essays, guides, interviews and reflections - published when they are ready, not when the schedule says so.
The Parent's Guide
The First Year of Sleep, Honestly Explained
Newborn sleep is not broken adult sleep. Understanding what it actually is removes about half the anxiety.
July 30, 2026 · 9 min read
The Parent's Guide
Raising Children Who Can Handle Difficulty
The most resilient children I meet are not the ones with the fewest problems. They are the ones who have been accompanied through them.
August 6, 2026 · 8 min read
Parenting
Screens Without a War at Home
Most screen conflicts are not about screens. They are about transitions, and transitions can be designed.
July 19, 2026 · 7 min read
Lessons Beyond Medicine
What Medicine Taught Me About Leadership
Clinical medicine trains you to make decisions with incomplete information, in public, with consequences. So does leadership.
August 21, 2026 · 9 min read
Lessons Beyond Medicine
Why Experience Is Useless Unless You Pass It On
Knowledge that dies with you was borrowed, not owned. Mentorship is how the loan is repaid.
July 24, 2026 · 6 min read
20 Years, 20 Lessons
The Difference Between Being Successful and Being Useful
A short reflection on the metric I have gradually stopped using, and the one I now keep.
June 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Doctor Off Duty
A Saturday in Toronto, Slowly
A physician's week is scheduled to the minute. Saturday is deliberately not, and it has become the most productive day I have.
August 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Doctor Off Duty
Five Books I Recommend to Parents (None of Them Parenting Books)
The most useful parenting books I know were written about something else entirely.
July 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Child Health
Talking to Teenagers About Their Mental Health
Teenagers rarely answer direct questions about feelings. They answer indirect ones, sideways, usually in a car.
June 18, 2026 · 8 min read
Ask Dr. Ukpeh
The Six Vaccination Questions Parents Ask Me Most
Parents asking questions about vaccines are doing their job. Answering them properly is doing mine.
May 30, 2026 · 7 min read
The Ukpeh Note
Health, wisdom and interesting ideas for better living.
One thing parents should know. One health insight. One leadership lesson. One good read. One personal reflection. Sent twice a month.