A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Obamacare
As I write this blog it is the first day of the new Affordable Health Care Act. This is a big day, perhaps bigger even than we are able to…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
DNA Detective
I read an article about an artist/scientist who creates models of perfect strangers from bits of their DNA extracted from hair and bodily detritus left behind, inadvertently, by all of…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
The importance of cooking at home
For those of you who remain unconvinced that the value of home cooking goes beyond the cost savings, please be aware of the effects that processed food packaging can have…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Cook, My Darling Daughter!
Cook, My Darling Daughter! is the title of a cookbook from the 1950’s I found in a secondhand bookstore and gave my eldest daughter as a young adult. She had…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
License to eat: obesity and longevity
According to Wikipedia Medscape is: a web resource for physicians and other health professionals. It features peer-reviewed original medical journal articles, CME (Continuing Medical Education), a customized version of the…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
The Creative Destruction of Medicine
I have been reading a book that I highly recommend to readers of my blog. It's called The Creative Destruction of Medicine, by cardiologist Eric Topol. This book is a discussion of…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Until all of our families and all of our children are cared for in sickness and in health
I stand looking out of the picture windows in our living room this morning after the fourth of July, looking at our farmer’s field. Why is he our farmer? Because…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Anorexia Nervosa Case Report, Circa 1684
As promised, here is the first patient case report by Richard Morton in his 1689 book, Pthisiologia. My comments are in regular italics and his original text in bold (with…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Anorexia Nervosa in the 17th century
There seems to be a discussion that simply will not die in the world of eating disorders (particularly when it comes to anorexia nervosa) around whether the “desire for thinness”…
A nurse is talking to the patient who is sitting on the examination table.
Safe Eating Using the “Magic Plate”
I am often surprised and pleased at the way we—pediatric providers who believe in the biological basis for eating disorders and parents who are caring for their children-- stumble our…
