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 moreI 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,…
Read moreI just want to add a short follow-up on earlier discussions about drug prices. The other day (Wednesday, August 9, 2017, pages B1 and B3), there was a very interesting…
Read moreNot long ago, I wrote an entry about the extraordinarily high costs of insulin. What I didn’t do in that entry was to provide an approach to therapy that could…
Read moreHello again. I want you to appreciate the fact that so far, I have stuck to my goal of at least one entry a week! In my last entry, I…
Read moreEvery week I give lectures to the medical students and resident physicians rotating through the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology. I try to keep things pretty informal and I usually do…
Read moreFirst, I must apologize once again for such a long time between entries. My only excuse is that I have been very busy with other things. I will try to…
Read moreI know that lately I have been rather lazy with respect to entries. It is just that I have had trouble getting inspired. But, I wanted to call your attention…
Read moreThe other day I received a telephone call from Susan, the tearful mother of a former patient of mine. She told me that her son, Robert, died the day before.…
Read moreRecently, I have been struck by the number of articles in the popular press regarding this or that study about exercise and food. This plethora of information includes new guidelines…
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