Background: Food insecurity (FI), the lack of access to nutritious food to maintain an active lifestyle, is associated with poor health outcomes and morbidities in both children and adults. COVID-19 has exacerbated FI and disproportionately impacts communities of color and low-income households. Hospitalization can be an important time to address FI as a social determinant […]

Case Presentation: A 2 year old male with expressive language delay presented with worsening ability to bear weight. The child progressed from refusing to ambulate to refusing to stand over the course of 1.5 weeks. There was parental concern for leg pain which did not improve with ibuprofen. He had mildly decreased appetite the preceding […]

Case Presentation: 34-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with blurry vision, weakness and dehydration after fasting for 7 weeks during which she lost about 20 pounds. On physical examination, patient was hypertensive, tachycardic, and malnourished with a BMI of 21. She was noted to have vertical and horizontal nystagmus bilaterally as well […]