Robert H. Lustig, MD, is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is nationally recognized in the US in the field of neuroendocrinology, with an emphasis on the regulation of energy balance by the central nervous system. Dr. Lustig has a special interest in childhood obesity. He has become […]
Living Proof: Vitamin C – Miracle Cure?
This is the amazing story of a King Country dairy farmer who caught swine flu and very nearly died (3 News NZ, 2010). Intensive care specialists were all set to pull him off life support, saying there was no hope. But his family refused to give up. They demanded the doctors try high doses of Vitamin C, […]
An Integrative Approach to ADHD (Lecture)
Professor Sanford Newmark, MD, a CONEM member, explores in this lecture (2014) the importance of the Integrative Approach-seeing the child in the context of family, friends, school, and community, rather than as a set of symptoms that need to be fixed. Dr. Newmark is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University […]