
Dr. Peter A. Lodewick M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
1425 11th st s Birmingham Alabama, 35205About
caring for over 600 children with diabetes raging in age from 1 to 19, caring for over 600 women through their pregnancies with diabetes helping them with good outcomes, woring as on of the first Hospitalists and doing Critical Care Medicine and Hospitalist medicine serving over 15,000 patients
Education and Training
Boston Univ Sch of Med, Boston Ma 1967
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Dr. Peter A. Lodewick M.D.'s Expert Contributions
What are the signs of iron deficiency in children?
Pallor, weakness, shortness of breath READ MORE
How can I prevent heel pain?
Wear arch supports, and go without heels several days per week. READ MORE
How do I lose 50 lbs with diabetes?
Cut back on carbohydrates as advocated by Dr. Richard Bernstein back in 1969 in his book, THE DIABETES SOLUTION, when he was suffering many complications of diabetes. He is now 87 and has lived with type one diabetes for 87 years and has no complications. I am author of A DIABETIC DOCTOR LOOKS AT DIABETES HIS AND YOURS and have lived with type 1 diabetes for 52 years and hope to do as well as Dr Bernstein. There is another product, Anovite colostrum6, which reverses diabetes and obesity. Dr. Kleinsmith, the founder, has reviewed hundreds of scientific studies on how good it is, probably better than some of the other products out there. READ MORE
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Fatal pneumococcal septicemia with disseminated intravascular coagulation following splenectomy.
- Effectiveness, tolerability, and impact on quality of life of the 5% lidocaine
- Hospital bedside blood glucose monitoring.
- Efficacy and safety of pravastatin in the treatment of patients with type I or type II diabetes mellitus and hypercholesterolemia.
- Role of orlistat in the treatment of obese patients with type 2 diabetes. A 1-year randomized double-blind study.
Treatments
- Metabolic Disease, Diabetes, Critical Care Hospitalist
Internships
- Genesee Hospital Rotating Internal
Fellowships
- The Joslin Clinic
Professional Society Memberships
- American Diabetes Association. AMA.
Articles and Publications
- Author of A DIABETIC DOCTOR LOOKS AT DIABETES HIS AND YOURS, coauthor of THE DIABETIC MAN and many articles on diabetes
- Published
What do you attribute your success to?
Desire to help people and to educate them on how to best take care of themselves. It is because of his own experience of having diabetes that he can empathize and care for those with the same illness.
Areas of research
preventing the consequences of aging, keeping people young, reversing aging once it has occurred, preventing and reversing Alzheimers , improving brain power and mood , regaining energy, strength and stamina, preventing loss of vision.
Teaching and speaking
Have spoken all over the world on diabetes . worked under sir Roger Banister who was the 1st to break the 4 MINUTE MILE , while completing medical school
Favorite Place to Vacation
- England
Hobbies / Sports
- Tennis, Running, Training For a Half Marathon
Favorite professional publications
- New England Journal of Medicine
Dr. Peter A. Lodewick M.D.'s Practice location
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