http://endodoc.org Potpourri of Pediatric Endocrinology Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:23:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Question The other day I got into a discussion with a primary care physician (PCP) about a hypothetical patient.  We had been discussing a case history for an upcoming medical student examination.  The patient was a 40 year old female with a medical history suggesting hypothyroidism.  The physical examination revealed ... http://endodoc.org/2010/03/14/to-test-or-not-to-test-that-is-the-question-a-patient-with-enlargement-of-the-thyroid/ As those of you who have been reading my various entries over the past 18 months may have noticed, I have been a bit heavy on the U.S. health care debate and light on the endocrine issues.  I apologize to those of you who are weary of hearing anything more ... http://endodoc.org/2010/03/12/health-care-reform-status-report/ I want to call your attention to an article published the other day in the  New York Times (February 5, 2010).  The article was entitled "Insulin Dose Automated In a Study" and written by Natasha Singer.  The article summarized a study just published online in the journal Lancet (5 February ... http://endodoc.org/2010/02/07/a-breakthrough-in-management-of-type-1-diabetes/ I knew it had been a while since I last posted an entry, but I was astonished that it had been 2 months.  I apologize for my lazy behavior.  My only real excuse is that I have been following the often painful health care reform news and wanted to wait ... http://endodoc.org/2010/01/18/im-still-alive/ FYI I strongly encourage all of you to read an article that appeared in last Sunday's New York Times Magazine section.  The piece was written by David Leonheadt and entitled "Making Health Care Better."  The article discussed in some detail the work Intermountain Health Care (IMHC) was doing to improve patient ... http://endodoc.org/2009/11/16/making-health-care-better-what-we-can-learn-from-intermountain-healthcare/ I confess that I am not a compulsive reader of obituaries.  On the other hand my wife, who is an attorney, picks up our local paper and first turns to the obituary page to find out if any of her clients has died.  I guess that’s important for attorneys to ... http://endodoc.org/2009/11/08/does-exercise-decrease-risks-of-heart-attacks/ I haven't looked in my archives, but I vaguely remember writing something quite a while back about enlargement of the thyroid gland, which is commonly called a goiter (the term is from the Latin "gutter" meaning neck).  It's time to talk about goiters again.  Last week I received an e-mail ... http://endodoc.org/2009/10/27/is-it-a-big-thyroid-gland-or-what/ First, I just want to let you know that the article on Hawaii's health care system that I discussed in my last entry can be found on the front page of the printed version of the New York Times for Saturday October 17, 2009.  Read it, particularly if you have ... http://endodoc.org/2009/10/17/fighting-fat-update-on-new-obesity-drugs/ I know I haven't written anything for a while now but I promise to get back to work.  But I have exciting news for those of you who have not already given up on following the health care reform debates.  I just read an article in the New York Times ... http://endodoc.org/2009/10/16/youve-got-to-read-this-if-you-are-interested-in-health-care-reform/ I have stayed away from my website for a number of weeks for fear that I would be driven to  write about the current craziness surrounding the various competing health care reform proposals; I couldn't figure out what I could write that would accomplish anything other than make me feel ... http://endodoc.org/2009/09/19/help-help-im-drowning-in-the-health-care-reform-storm/