User-friendly devices help increase use by patients.
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Can Weight Surgery Cause Remission of Type 2 Diabetes?
Gastric bypass surgery is not only for treating obesity.
Read More »Colchicine May Improve Obesity-Induced Inflammation
Pilot study did not show better insulin sensitivity but showed trend toward metabolic improvements
Read More »Complication Rates Low for High-Volume Pediatric Thyroid Surgery
Low complication rates for surgical management of pediatric thyroid disease at high-volume center
Read More »People With Obesity Are Blatantly Dehumanized
Dehumanization predictive of support for policies that discriminate against people with obesity
Read More »April 9, 2019
Last week our medical editor, Joy Pape, stirred up a little excitement with her feature on the use of metformin in patients with pre-diabetes and even those who only had a family history of diabetes. This week Ghazal Blair, our LECOM School of Pharmacy Pharm.D. Candidate, finished off her rotation …
Read More »Comparison of the Effects of GLP1-RA and SGLT2i
GLP1-RA and SGLT2i reduce atherosclerotic major cardiovascular events (MACE) to a similar degree in patients with established ASCVD.
Read More »Does Metformin Reduce Risk Of Venous Thromboembolism?
Drug said to be possible fix for multiple primary pathophysiologic abnormalities.
Read More »Is Metformin Therapy Safe For Use In Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease?
Metformin may help lower the risk of cardiovascular events and death in patients with moderate to severe renal function.
Read More »Sheri Colberg 2018 Complete Interview
Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, FACSM is Professor Emerita of Exercise Science from Old Dominion University and an internationally recognized authority on diabetes and exercise. She is the author of 12 books, 27 book chapters, and over 400 articles. The author of "Exercise and Diabetes: A Clinician's Guide to Prescribing Physical Activity," published by ADA in 2013, she is also the lead author on a new ADA position statement on physical activity and diabetes published last fall. In 2016, she received the ADA Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award.
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