This week we wrap up our short series of Homerun Slides on the newly implemented Affordable Care Act. This last set covers Medicaid Expansion, ACA Stakeholder Impact, and the Impacts of ACA so far….
Read More »Affordable Care Act, Part 2 of 3
This week’s set of Homerun Slides continues our short series on the Affordable Care Act with two important sections, covering Private Health Insurance changes, and the new state-run Health Insurance Exchanges….
Read More »Affordable Care Act, Part 1 of 3
This we begin a terrific series of Homerun Slides for you on the Afforable Care Act. This first set will cover the Primary Drivers of Healthcare Reform, and then give a brief overview of the goals of the ACA….
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 8
We are getting close to the end of our special Homerun Slides series from Dr. Stanley Schwartz, so it’s time to start looking at the steps we can take to help our patients prevent and manage diabetes including Screening, Diet and Exercise Considerations, and both the positives and negatives …
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 7
In this week’s Homerun Slides, we look at the potential cost savings of diabetes prevention programs, and the medical benefits of weight loss including how weight loss can increase life expectancy….
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 6
In this week’s set of Homerun Slides, we delve in to what happens when blood sugar levels increase, the prevalence of prediabetes in our culture today, and some of the possible strategies and research investigating the prevention of diabetes, including the Diabetes Prevention Program….
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 5
In Part 5 of our special Homerun Slides series on Obesity, we’ll look at how weight gain can lead to prediabetes, the genes are behind some of the conditions related to diabetes, and how impaired glucose tolerance in children could be leading to diabetes in teens….
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 4
This week, we continue our series of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stanley Schwartz focusing on the obesity epidemic. Risk factors including those facing children at an earlier age, are covered, as well as a visual representation of the significant lowering of abdominal fat with just a minimal amount of exercise….
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 3
This week, we continue our series of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stanley Schwartz focusing on the obesity epidemic. This week’s topics include: Gene Variants and Binge Eating as Predictors of Co-morbidities and Outcome of Treatment in Severe Obesity, Health Benefits of Modest Weight Loss, and a graphic representation of the …
Read More »2013 Obesity Epidemic, Part 2
In this second set of Homerun Slides from Dr. Stan Schwartz, we look at some of the popular perspectives on obesity in our modern society, including how Cultural Definitions Change Over Time, and how Thrifty Genes Contribute to Morbid Obesity….
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