Monroe Pediatrics Inc / Andrea V. Hill MD

04/28/2026

https://completeconcussions.com/concussion-tips-information/creatine-and-concussion-recovery/

One of my personal favorite topics. Concussions.

If you haven’t heard about the benefits of creatine for the brain you should start reading. It’s fascinating to me.

I don’t recommend creatine regularly to kids, especially if they have younger kidneys, unless they have a severe concussion.

But I started taking creatine every day years ago after the UFC told me what they were using it for and showed me their data. It’s a great anti inflammatory for the brain. And, as women get older they absorb less from their diet. I think every woman (with good kidneys because creatine can overload the kidneys if the kidneys have issues) over 50 years old should be taking creatine. It preserves muscles and helps the brain. A win win.

So much research is coming out now about creatine. Remember when we thought it was just something football players took to bulk up? Not just for that anymore.

Check out this article from a friend of mine.

It has been well-documented for quite some time that creatine supplementation is beneficial for muscle strength and performance. But today, a rising chorus of experts are extolling the use of

04/27/2026

I’ve made some changes in my home lately and I want to share one of them with you.

I have added probiotics to my daughter’s daily diet (and mine as well) in the last year. I did this because of the rise of colon cancer in young people, and because I had multiple precancerous polyps removed at my first colonoscopy. The knowledge that, had I put off my colonoscopy, I would have probably been one of those (not young people ) who experienced colon cancer was a little scary to be honest.

I think this is one of the most simple, preventative things we can do to improve our gut health.

I don’t have a brand preference but refrigerated options have typically been the best source of live cultures.

*also don’t put off your colonoscopies!!

04/26/2026

We have understandably had lots of questions about our decision to accept new patients regardless of their vaccine decisions.

I feel like this new policy caught a lot of people by surprise.

So, I want to explain just a little bit more about why we changed our stance.

The truth it, it started for me with the HPV vaccine.

Most of you know I study like crazy. I love studying statistics and epidemiology and all things related to numbers.

During COVID I had a personal experience with someone in my family who tested positive for the most cancer causing strain of HPV - the cervical cancer virus. She was fully vaccinated against HPV. I called one of my best OBGYN friends and asked her, “do you think we need a booster for this vaccine ? I mean after all, it was a new vaccine 15 years or so ago. Do we really know how long it lasts?” She replied that they had seen many breakthrough cases of HPV in their patients and thought it was stress related from the pandemic. I didn’t buy it.

Then I looked at data in Europe and the US. Looked at how many European countries only recommend one HPV vaccine. Countries and areas with higher life expectancies than the US.

If you remember one of my vaccine posts from last summer, you will remember that the company who makes the HPV vaccine charges us more than insurance pays for it. We lose money on every vaccine. The price is quite honestly outrageous. And I started thinking that every extra shot is a huge profit for them. Most European countries recommend 1 HPV vaccine when we recommend 2-3 of them depending on age of onset of series, in the US. And the data doesn’t add up, in my mind, for this.

One thing I have always tried to do is read science and think critically about what I read. And, sometimes that requires digging in and rethinking things.

As I studied this more and experienced personal situations, my opinion shifted.

It’s not that vaccines are bad. Some save lives in such a big way, I will always advocate for them. Meningitis vaccines in particular. The horror of treating a new patient with bad meningitis is something you can never forget.

But I also think we need to be real, honest and use critical thinking skills in science. And I don’t like the black and white nature of mindset we have applied to science lately.

I also know that 90% of the new moms who’ve call our practice are scared. They are seeing AI, they are seeing misinformation and they are just trying to do the best they can. And we are turning them away because they are scared of vaccines. I think this is wrong. I think that all children deserve good medical care and that we can’t continue to alienate so many kids and their families with such a rigid stance. Too many children are being excluded from good medical care with these policies.

Yes, people change their minds. I want to always be honest and forthcoming with science. When I read and see things scientifically that don’t add up; I ask why. And, I go and study and study until I’m satisfied with the answer.

And that is the kind of medical care and information I want to give to our patients. Real talk. And real openness to learning and understanding medicine in an evolving world of information.

I hope that clears up some of your questions. I will always try to use critical thinking skills. Study data. And give you the truth. Science and medicine should not be about politics. They should be about lives. And that is the bottom line for me.

Dr Hill

04/25/2026

Some of you might remember Peach. Peach was my older daughter’s dog who used to hang out with me at the office back when my older daughter was in college at UGA. Peach never needed to be on a leash. She ran at my heel and helped many children calm down after shots or lab tests. She loved to snuggle and she loved to be a part of everything.

Peach passed away yesterday at the age of 14. So many of you snuggled her and loved on her, I thought you might want to know. She was truly the best dog ever.

RIP Peach. I love you.

04/25/2026

During the Covid pandemic, as I studied the virus like crazy, I came to understand that a huge part of the reason Covid was so dangerous was because of the inflammation it caused.

I started studying Antiinflammatory diets and making changes in what I ate and what supplements I took. I also, with my age (not gonna tell you how old 😂) started studying the anti inflammatory benefits of estrogen and looking for ways to replace the benefits I was losing as my estrogen plummeted.

Did you know that sugar is a huge Inflammatory agent?

This let to a lot more studying on my part. I got super interested in the differences in diets from around the world. I’ve learning a lot of interesting things I’m going to start sharing with you all.

Let’s start with this. Starbucks. My daughter loves Starbucks, does yours?

I have put the calorie content of a white chocolate Frappuccino (my personal favorite) from the US and compared it to the same drink, same size, in Span.

What do you see?

The calorie content in Spain is 78 with 10.2g of sugar.

The calorie content in the US is 420 with 62-64g of sugar.

No wonder we have so many health issues and weight problems Americans.

Do you find this as bizarre as I do?

I’ll be sharing more findings like this soon.

If you want to do this, use a vpn and set it to anywhere in the world and start studying it yourself. You will be shocked.

Dr Hill

04/24/2026

For all who know me well, you know I believe that vaccines save lives. I have been an advocate of vaccines for my entire medical career.

However, I do believe that our world now has better care for many vaccine borne illnesses than it used to 20-50 years ago when vaccines were started. I also have always believed parents have the fundamental right to say what happens medically with their children, unless that child’s life is in imminent danger, in spite of what I know about science and medicine.

Because of these beliefs of mine, and because - unvaccinated children are increasing dramatically in our country, and these children are often denied adequate medical care for other real and harmful conditions, I have decided to drop the vaccine requirement for new patients that we have used for over 15 years now.

We will be creating protocols should measles or other infectious diseases enter our office.
.. Thankfully, the provisions we implemented post COVID in our new building (such as car check ins, less time in the waiting room, windows that open in all the sick patient rooms, even the filters we use in all our heating and air) help protect everyone in the office from air Bourne illnesses and make our office uniquely able to handle infectious diseases.

For those of you with concerns about this new change, rest assured that in the event of a measles epidemic we will be prompt in our surveillance and make any changes in patient flow necessary to protect all our patients.

What does all this mean in a nutshell? It means that in the interests of providing the best medical care to the children in our community , Monroe Pediatrics will now be accepting parents who wish to avoid vaccines for their children. We will also give modified schedules if and when it’s possible, should a parent want this.

Thank you for your support in this matter and thank you for trusting us with your children. I truly believe this is a necessary change in order to provide for the children in our community.

Dr Hill

01/26/2026

With an ever changing weather forecast, we have decided to close for the entire day today - Monday - due to icy conditions on the roads. Stay home and stay safe and warm. Please contact our office if we don’t contact you first, to reschedule appointments for today.

09/11/2025

On this day, September 11, while I felt sick and shocked I also had another thought.

I was, at the time, married to a military spy. I had been hearing from the military and from friends at the CiA about a man named Osama Bin Laden. I had been hearing a lot about him. In months prior to this I had gone through airport security check points wondering why they let me go through with open bottles of drinks and didn’t even smell the bottle to see if it smelled like gas. I thought of all the ways terrorists could get through our lax security systems.

I was getting more and more anxious because of the conversations I was hearing. I remember thinking, “There is no guarantee our country will last forever. We are a new county in the big picture of world history and we might end up a little tiny speck in that timeline years down the road.” I grew increasingly frustrated that many didn’t seem to be aware of our vulnerabilities as a nation.

So, on that day, one thought I had was that I wasn’t surprised. And - I was terrified.

Today, I fear for something else. I fear for the United States falling from within. If our country is destroyed, I no longer think it will be because of terrorists or even Russians. I think it will be from it’s own people.

Charlie Kirk is another life in a line of thousands who have been lost in our country to gun violence. Lost to hatred and to those wirh mental health problems.

Cry for him if you if you feel like you need to, but don’t forget to cry for those children who lost their lives while praying in mass on their first day of school this year. Don’t forget to cry for the children lost in the massacre in Uvalde, Texas and for all the other lives lost to those with mental health problems who got their hands on a gun.

Support real funding and real treatment for mental health in our country and please, please for the love of God and our country - let go of your hatred. Hatred has no place in a country that expects God to bless it. Even if you don’t think you could ever be the one to pull a trigger like so many other shooters we have seen, you never know who might read or hear your hatred, what person with a mental illness your words might trigger.

Shortly after September 11, I was so proud of how our president at the time, George W Bush was able to bring the country together, how everyone worked as one. I remember crying when I saw him at the site of the twin towers in New York, crying with pride in our government for bringing us all together.

I hope there can be healing now before it’s too late - before too many other lives are lost. Polarization does no one any good.

I really don’t even know the world I’m seeing anymore. Be kind. Love all. Serve all.

Dr Hill

09/04/2025

09/03/2025

If any of you were planning trips to Disney World - maybe you better rethink it. Especially if you have babies.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move in Hillsborough County on Wednesday.

08/26/2025

Flu shots are now available for all insurances in our office.

08/23/2025

So sad.

A New Smyrna Beach dairy farm was named in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she lost her fetus after falling ill while caring for her toddler, who becam...