Guest Blogger

Teen Fatigue: Causes & Solutions – #LTKH
#LTKH is the hashtag for Let’s Talk Kids’ Health a Tweet Chat hosted by @DrGreene & @MsGreene on Monday evenings at 9 p.m. ET. This is the #Storify transcript from our chat with guest @DrDonn…

Time to Talk about Teen Suicide
Sadly, it’s time to talk about teen suicide again. Suicide is the 3rd leading cause of death in our young people 15-24; approximately 4,000 Americans in this age group died of their own actions …

Excerpt #5: Women’s Health for Life: Women’s Health Lists for Women in Your 30’s
The following is part five of a five-part excerpt of the new book, Women’s Health for Life (DK 2009). Women’s Health for Life is a unique compilation of women’s health information,…

Excerpt #4: Women’s Health for Life: Your 30’s–Fertility and sexual health
The following is part four of a five-part excerpt of the new book, Women’s Health for Life (DK 2009). Women’s Health for Life is a unique compilation of women’s health information,…

Excerpt #3: Women’s Health for Life
The following is part three of a five-part excerpt of the new book, Women’s Health for Life (DK 2009). Women’s Health for Life is a unique compilation of women’s health information…

Excerpt #2: Women’s Health for Life
The following is part two of a five-part excerpt of the new book, Women’s Health for Life (DK 2009). Women’s Health for Life is a unique compilation of women’s health information, …

Excerpt #1: Women’s Health for Life
The following is part one of a five-part excerpt of the new book, Women’s Health for Life (DK 2009). Women’s Health for Life is a unique compilation of women’s health information, …

Educating Children & Teens with CFS: The Show Must Go On
Children and teens with CFS have many of the same issues as other children with chronic illnesses, confounded by the fact that they have an illness which is poorly understood, often misunderstood, and…

Treatment of CFS
In this ongoing five-blog series about managing CFS in children and teens, I regret that the treatment section will be the shortest! While CFS research is being done on many fronts, much about this di…

The Diagnosis of CFS
As we have discussed previously, there is no diagnostic test for CFS. The diagnosis is a clinical one: the patient’s symptoms must meet the case definition criteria (See “Do I have CFS” box belo…

The Enigmatic Symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Today I’ll discuss the symptoms of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and why this diagnosis is so confusing. Ironically, part of the confusion about CFS comes from its name. The focus on fatigue tends to ov…

What is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Brian’s Story & Making the Diagnosis
Once derided as “the yuppie flu”, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is now recognized as a serious, often disabling, chronic illness which may affect anywhere from 800,000 to 2.2 million Americans. (…