I have to admit that I feel lucky that I live in a big urban area (Washington, DC) which has a large number of doctors and specialists, including endocrinologists. But other areas of the country are not so lucky and a real shortage of pediatric endocrinologists exists across the U.S. According to researchers at the University of Michigan C.S. Mott... Read more
As the rhetorical debate heats up on healthcare, much of it centers on the cost of reform and its impact on our ever-growing deficit. A few months ago, at the heart of the reform movement (as I understood the Obama Administration), was the idea that every American would have access to affordable, quality healthcare, which, to some people, is a... Read more
As the healthcare reform debate rages on, we need to think carefully about how to solve the many problems that plague the system. The answers, as we are finding, are neither obvious nor simple. We all worry about our kids. My worry-meter kicked up several notches when my son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. First, I worried about getting... Read more
Coverage From Friday's Children With Diabetes Conference
Friday was the last day of education programming and exhibition at the 2009 annual Children With Diabetes Conference, running from July 8 to July 12 in Orlando, Florida. As with Thursday, I nearly was overwhelmed trying to choose which session I should attend. If I had my way, I would have... Read more
Yesterday was the first of two days of educational programming at the Children With Diabetes Conference held June 8 to June 12 in Orlando, Florida. Not surprisingly, I wanted to attend four times as many sessions than the three-session-per-day schedule allowed. The sessions I sat in on offered much insight and although I plan on writing full... Read more
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