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This guest post was contributed by Cole Millen. Cole is an avid traveler and foodie who never forgets that life’s best memories are made through real life apprehension of legitimate “experiences.” Follow his blog at Cole’s Mill. How to Maintain a Healthy Diet on a Family Vacation Whether it is the call of the glorious sunshine […]
December 27, 2012
During my family medicine rotation, I noticed the physicians I worked with focused more time on weight management than in any other outpatient clinic I had worked in. Recently, while on a less demanding elective, I decided to conduct my own observational study. How often, and with what prompting, do physicians address their patients’ weight? […]
September 22, 2012
For centuries, certain cultures have customarily added milk to fresh-brewed tea – but in recent years, scientists in laboratories around the world have been “hotly” debating whether this seemingly-benign practice may actually inhibit some of the already well-established health benefits of tea drinking. The topic arose recently in the oncology clinic (of all places), when […]
March 30, 2012
Since March is National Nutrition Month, and because I’m still on my pediatrics clerkship, I thought “What better time to write about childhood obesity?” In recent years, childhood overweight and obesity statistics have received a good deal of media attention, but this has done little to slow their rise. Data from the National Health and […]
November 20, 2011
As I’ve alluded to in the past, the study of medicine can be overwhelming. We’ve simply discovered too much for one person to master completely. This is the challenge medical educators are tasked with – what’s so important that it must be allotted time in the brief 2 years of dedicated book learning doctors-to-be receive? […]
October 8, 2011
I recently took care of a patient who, very unfortunately, had undiagnosed type II diabetes and presented in a state known as Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS) – his blood sugar on presentation was ~1,000 mg/dL. HHNS is a very serious complication of untreated diabetes, but can happen to any type II diabetic with poor […]
July 22, 2011
This guest post was written by Ashley from Long Island Heart Associates. For questions about heart health and aging, contact a local cardiologist today. It is an unfortunate misconception that foods must either taste good or be good for you. While some kids may turn their noses up at anything green on the dinner table, […]
July 19, 2011
As we are reminded that obesity is still a problem in America, and the USDA tries again to revise its image, it becomes more important by the day to help people learn how to stop the process of packing on those extra pounds each year. A long-term study recently published in the New England Journal […]
June 7, 2011
The USDA has recently released it’s new concept, the food plate, to replace the iconic food pyramid it introduced in 1992 (and modified in 2005). At its release, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack criticized the food pyramid for being “too complex to serve as a quick and easy guide for American families” – I completely agree, […]
May 29, 2011
I recently helped a friend pack up his apartment for a move and let him stay at my place because we had taken apart all of his furniture. The next morning his mother picked him up and bestowed upon me a giant bag of food and other items they wouldn’t be bringing to his new […]
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