Multiple studies have shown that patients who are overweight or obese are more likely to have impaired pulmonary function, obstructive sleep apnea, and the obesity hypoventilation syndrome. These problems are in addition to the more recognized ones such as diabetes and heart failure. The best thing we can do for …

  In this week’s Homerun Slides series, we review the benefits of even just a little weight loss for your patients including the lessening of sleep apnea, and we discuss the lessening of diabetes symptoms with bariatric surgery….

The Pancreas The pancreas is situated behind the posterior wall of the abdomen It can be divided into: Head: located within the duodenal curve Body connected to the head through a slight constriction (neck) Tail representing tapering of the body as it extends to the left approaching the gastric surface …

Wolters Kluwer Health Lippincott Williams & Wilkins iOS free with subscription Academic Medicine, the journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, serves as an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and strategies to address the major challenges facing the academic medicine community as it strives to carry …

House Votes to Delay Medicare Pay Cut and ICD-10 Rollout.

This Monday ends the official enrollment period for The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, and both the Obama White House and the Congressional Budget office are reporting that over 6 million people have enrolled in the state and federal exchange programs. This is actually more enrollees than were predicted in …

  The Diabetes Risk Test  The risk test for diabetes was developed by the American Diabetes Association to help medical professionals find those patients with prediabetes and begin early treatment and education. Every patient should have the opportunity to take this test and discuss it with their medical team. Download …

Pengueeni Device Reduces Pain and Anxiety for Kids  The Pengueeni device, which vibrates and can be used with standard lancing equipment and blood test strips, was a winner at the Innov8 for Health Challenge and Idea Expo. A penguin-shaped device that’s small enough to fit in the palm of a hand …

In two groups of women fed five high-fat meals one day and two high-fat meals on a separate day, meal frequency did not affect 24-hour energy expenditure in either the obese group (2124 Kcal/day with five meals versus 2142 Kcal/day with two meals) or the lean group (1724 vs. 1683 …

The incidence of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes among young people has increased more than 20% over the past decade. Children are now developing type 2 — once known as "adult onset" diabetes — and are showing "adult" signs of diabetes complications such as nerve damage. One out …