In this week's Homerun Slides, medical nutrition therapy for treatment of hypertension.

When designing any risk scoring system, those proposing such a score must weigh up various competing factors. Metabolic syndrome benefits from the inclusion of clear (and now unambiguous, with the exception of waist circumference) criteria. However equal weighting is given to the five criteria while it is known that they do not contribute equally to the development of cardiometabolic disease. As noted above, two of the five criteria are strongly linked to cardiovascular disease but only weakly to risk of developing diabetes.

Low rates of adverse events for children and adults with T1DM consuming very low-carb diet

Association strongest in patients with diabetes duration of five years or less

Volunteer peer leader program linked to lasting improvements in HbA1c, fewer depressive symptoms

Dabrafenib + trametinib approved to treat BRAF-positive anaplastic thyroid cancer

However, majority of teens report drinking sports drink weekly

Over the past 24 years the United States and the world have made great strides in cleaning up the air we breathe. We have installed scrubbers to ensure cleaner coal burning, switched to Natural Gas and increased the use of wind and solar power. Developing countries no longer randomly use …

By Stanley S. Schwartz, MD and Mary E Herman, PhD

Despite guidelines, hypoglycemia can largely be avoided without shortchanging tight glucose control.

Diagnosis can be the first symptom of chronic diseases regardless of obesity.