It's Vol. 2, #30 of Grand Rounds up at Fat Doctor. The Rounds continues its growth. She received over 50 submissions and neatly categorizes them.
A couple of posts that caught my eye:
NeoNatal Doc has trouble sympathizing with a woman who has lost two babies, and whose third lives, but is a preemie. Why? Because she's only 20 and single. Don't just read the post, read the comments. My opinion: first I feel sorry for someone who has lost a baby that they wanted, no matter their life circumstances. Second, it's unfortunate how quickly the discussion veers from wondering what messages this girl was raised with about her self-worth, or about from where we get love to hoping that girl feels grateful for her care and doesn't feel like life "owes her" anything. This despite a complete lack of mention in the original post about how her health care coverage was being provided. Of course some commenters have been down a simliar path and share their stories. Great read.
Dr. Steven Parker from WebMD blogs about the fact that yes, food really is love. At least to our brains. I guess I can blameit all on my brain then :) Can we re-write parents to teach children that health=love? Worthy goal. Good luck with that. I think we need to teach advertisers too, for a start.
Fat Doctor also kindly links to my friend's story about being told she was stressed, when it was really something more serious and mysterious.
So another great week at Grand Rounds. Check it out!
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