Does My Patient have Precocious Puberty? Part Three
Please read the previous two entries before reading this one. Case History Two You are a busy pediatrician. You are seeing Nancy, a 7-year-old girl who has been followed…
Read moreDoes My Patient Have Precocious Puberty? Part Two
If you haven’t read my last entry, please read it before reading this one. Case History One You are a busy pediatrician. You are seeing Susie, a 7 year-old-girl who…
Read moreDoes My Patient Have Precocious Puberty?
Over the past few weeks, I have been contacted by several friends who have each asked me if their child has started puberty too early (defined as precocious puberty). The…
Read moreVitamin D Deficiency: Is It Really As Common as People Say?
Do you prescribe vitamin D, take vitamin D or have been told you are vitamin D deficient? If so, you should read an article published the other day in the…
Read moreRisk Factors for Adverse Outcomes in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: New Data
This week’s New England Journal of Medicine or the “NEJM” (Volume 379, No. 7) contained two very interesting articles about type two diabetes (T2DM). The first was entitled: “Smoking Cessation,…
Read moreDeja Vu: Glycemic Control in Children with Diabetes Mellitus
I was dismayed by an article in the June 2018 issue of Diabetes Care (unfortunately you can’t read the article unless you have a subscription to the journal, have a…
Read moreGood Advice About Losing Weight From Jane Brody
Over the years, I have written quite a few entries about obesity, but I just want to call your attention to an editorial piece written last week (Tuesday, March 6,…
Read moreThe Posterior Pituitary Gland: A Lecture Outline
A few weeks ago, I was asked to give a didactic lecture on “The Pituitary Gland” to our pediatric resident docs. I was asked to focus on the posterior pituitary,…
Read moreIs It Ok To Be Overweight If You Exercise Regularly?
The serious health risks of obesity are well known; heart disease, stroke, diabetes, joint disease, and gout are just some of the conditions that are strongly associated with obesity. But,…
Read morePromises, Promises, Promises
I am well aware that I have not posted a new entry for a while, and that I had promised to be more disciplined in posting entries more regularly. So,…
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