On July 8th, 2009 The Oregonian ran an article about eating disorders featuring a large, glamorous photo of a "recovered patient": a beautiful young woman in a slim dark dress…

[editor's note: from time to time I invite other staff members to write about issues I think may be of interest to our families. This week's guest blog is written…

I just read a parent's thread on Laura Collin's FEAST website called "Eating Too Much". It made my hair stand on end. And it clearly resonated with more than one…

I am a gardener when I am not in the clinic. It used to be that I did all my best thinking in the shower. Now I do it in…

How can we do it better?   Clayton M. Christensen, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, in an article for CNN Politics.com wrote:"Patients want correct diagnoses and effective…

As we all know, weakening of bones is one of the most concerning effects of the malnutrition associated with anorexia nervosa (AN) in girls and boys. What is the problem?…

A note from the editor: We are pleased to announce the launch of a new feature to our blog that will allow viewers to leave comments and share their thoughts…

It is no secret to anyone who is breathing that our economy has taken a few terrifying turns these past four months or so and has slowly but surely begun…

Happy Holidays and Holy Days to all our Kartini Clinic friends. This blog is a quote from one of my "most admired" pediatricians and another doctor named Joshua Sparrow on…

Water Loading Before Appointments In my previous blog I discussed falsifying weight by wearing weights. This time I would like to discuss a much more common circumstance in which a…