Kartini Clinic has a new home, and we are excited for a number of reasons. For starters, this time around we were able to design our units especially for our…

I get asked all the time: will the “extra weight” come off her stomach or his face?  Many people are appalled to hear that parents whose child was starved and…

Medicine is moving at the speed of light.  And that’s a good thing.  We have a long road ahead of us to move out of the pre-scientific eras, where no…

On  Science Friday recently Ira Flato interviewed Professor Susan Swithers about her research on artificial sweeteners.  You know the keywords: Splenda, Stevia, Equal, diet soda, zero calorie drinks, sugar-free gum….…

Determining "ideal" body weight in children who suffer from anorexia nervosa is complex. Pediatric patients cannot be treated like "little adults". An example of this principle is the way medication…

Not every young patient with anorexia nervosa will need medication, but many will.  It has been our experience that the SSRIs such as Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, etc are not very…

Another episode at the doctor's office with my husband has prompted more reflection on the state of medicine in general.  In this case this is the third time we have…

For years now we have keenly felt a need to share Kartini Clinic treatment results with colleagues and with our families in order to answer some basic questions about two…

Treating food phobia is hard. Sometimes it is so hard, we almost resolve to stop doing it. But then we get a call about a young child whose parents are…

This last weekend was a nightmare, the kind that recedes into the depths of denial and forgetting as quickly as it can.  That is the nature of trauma.   My…