by Uma Pisharody | Mar 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Modern medicine, a system originally designed to fix acute health care problems, now creates more chronic health care problems than helping to solve them. I see the dangers of over-testing and over-prescribing taking place each day in my day-to-day pediatric clinical...
by Uma Pisharody | Mar 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
There is a multi-year construction project happening at the hospital at which I work. This means that sidewalks and pedestrian entrances are blocked off. While new paths have been created to circumnavigate the construction chaos, they are a bit confusing. This...
by Uma Pisharody | Feb 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Life is 10 percent what happens to you, and ninety percent how you respond to it.” I love this quote from American football coach, Lou Holtz. I think his words sum up the essence of resilience. Can this quality be taught? Is there a recipe? What are some of the...
by Uma Pisharody | Jan 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
As a pediatric gastroenterologist, I am a specialist often asked to help children with metabolic syndrome (“MetS”) (hypertension, high blood sugar, dyslipidemia, and increased abdominal fat). For years, I accepted the conventional wisdom that the only way...
by Uma Pisharody | Jan 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
“Obesity doesn’t kill. Metabolic syndrome kills.” This quote from pediatric neuroendocrinologist, Dr. Robert H. Lustig transformed the way I practice pediatrics. Let me explain how and why. Throughout my medical training, I was inculcated with wrong notions about...
