Adults with extreme obesity have increased risks of dying at a young age from cancer and many other causes including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and kidney and liver diseases….
Read More »Effects of Diabetes and Obesity on Normal Flora
A difference in gut bacteria has been seen in obese and diabetic patients when compared to healthy patients….
Read More »Eating White Bread Can Increase Risk for Obesity by 40%
Just 2 or more servings a day can pack on the pounds….
Read More »PCOS + Obesity Leads to Severe Insulin Resistance in Adolescent Girls
Severe insulin resistance, seen only through more extreme measurements, was identified in adolescent girls with and obesity….
Read More »Obesity 2014 – New Medical Therapies, Part 9
This week we wrap up our series of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stanley Schwartz covering the current state of obesity and the medication therapies available. We delve further in to the possibilities of combining insulin with the new incretin therapies including GLP-1’s and DPP-IV’s….
Read More »AACE Announces a New Medically-Actionable Diagnosis of Obesity
An advanced framework for a new diagnostic approach to obesity was announced last week by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) at their 23rd Scientific and Clinical Congress….
Read More »Obesity 2014 – New Medical Therapies, Part 8
In this Homerun Slides series, we review some issues around the Diabetic Management of the Obese Patient including; Potential Causes of Weight Gain with Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes; Weight Reduction Issues – Non-Insulin; and treatment with SGLT-2 Inhibitors with Incretins (GLP-1’s or DPP-IV’s)…. See more SGLT-2 Resources To download …
Read More »Obesity 2014 – New Medical Therapies, Part 7
This week’s Homerun Slides set covers weight reduction through lifestyle modification as well as some of the newer medications available to help your patients achieve this important goal….
Read More »Association between High Altitudes and Low Rates of Obesity
Living at high altitudes may be associated with a lower risk of obesity….
Read More »Obesity 2014 – New Medical Therapies, Part 6
In this week’s Homerun Slides series, we discuss the possibility of delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes as well as revisit DeFronzo’s octet, and look at how treating the octet without hypoglycemia and weight gain can be done….
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