Dr. Helena Hillman Laroche MD
Pediatrician
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. Helena Laroche is a pediatrician practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Laroche is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Laroche diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Laroche can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
University of Missouri / Columbia Campus 1999
University of Pennsylvania, PA 1999
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- What about the children? The experience of families involved in an adult-focused diabetes intervention.
- When adults with diabetes attempt to drink less soda: resulting adult-child interactions and household changes.
- Children's roles in parents' diabetes self-management.
- Changes in diet behavior when adults become parents.
- Weight gain among men and women who have a child enter their home.
- Concession stand makeovers: a pilot study of offering healthy foods at high school concession stands.
- Marriage and parenthood in relation to obesogenic neighborhood trajectories: The
- Healthy Concessions: High School Students' Responses to Healthy Concession Stand Changes.
- Extending Work on Rural Health Disparities: A Commentary on Matthews and Colleagues' Report.
- College Cafeteria Signage Increases Water Intake but Water Position on the Soda Dispenser Encourages More Soda Consumption.
Treatments
- Diabetes, Obesity
- Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- University of Michigan - Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Research Fellowship
- University of Michigan - Pediatrics Health Services Research Fellowship
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