Social Networks: The Key to Good Health
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 By Geoffrey Harris, MD
A recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine was the cause of some interesting recent headlines: “Putting on Weight? Blame Your Fat Friend” or “Obesity Spreads to Friends, Study Concludes” or “Obesity is Contagious, Study Finds”.
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Regular and Diet Soda Get a Bad Rap in the News
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 By Geoffrey R. Harris, MD
This past week, in Circulation, the Journal of the American Heart Association, a large study concerning soft drink consumption was released online. The article was the “editor’s pick” for the week because of its provocative findings. It addressed whether individuals who drank soda were at a higher risk of developing a condition called “metabolic syndrome” and developing risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, including obesity, increased waist circumference, impaired fasting blood sugar, elevated blood pressure, and elevated cholesterol. |
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Children ARE Little Adults?
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 By Geoffrey R. Harris, MD
I often think back to the first day of my pediatrics rotation at Duke University School of Medicine. I vividly remember the pediatrician in charge of medical student education storming into the conference room filled with eager medical students. His first words to us were a grand statement that would resonate during my whole pediatrics rotation and throughout my medical career, “In this rotation, the most important thing to remember is that CHILDREN ARE NOT LITTLE ADULTS!.” His words of wisdom carried two main purposes: 1) to add some mystique to pediatrics, and 2) to help us realize that children often need extra TLC and care when it comes to the bedside. |
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How to Improve Your SAT Scores
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 By Geoffrey R. Harris, MD
It is ironic that as science continues to find evermore evidence of the importance of better nutrition, the American diet continues to find evermore ways to replace natural, whole foods with processed, junk, and fast foods. As a family doctor, I get questions about improving and maintaining brain function all the time. It seems that improving memory, reasoning, and intelligence are a concern for every age group. Parents want their children to excel, students want to be able to quickly grasp new ideas, working people want to be alert and effective, and baby-boomers want to ensure they will be aware and productive for years to come. |
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How to get an "A" in Vitamin D
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 By Geoffrey R. Harris, MD
The middle of winter is when most physicians, nutritionists, and health magazines tend to mention the importance of vitamin D and recommend trying to get more time outside in the sun. Unfortunately, this advice may not help much, and might even cause other problems. Evolving scientific research is showing that vitamin D is far more important than we ever thought it was and we probably aren’t getting enough of it. That is why I chose now to discuss vitamin D and how to get the right amount. |
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