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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 …

  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….

  In this week’s Homerun Slides, we begin a short series on the current status of the obesity epidemic, courtesy of Dr. Stanley Schwartz, FACP, FACE. Topics covered this week include the Epidemiology and Economics of Obesity/Diabetes in the U.S….

Patients taking metformin were 20 percent less likely to develop dementia….

Daily ingestion of the VSL#3 commercial probiotic product by mice led to an increase in GLP-1 levels which reduced appetite….

Taking into consideration the current global epidemic of childhood obesity….

A new dynamic model capable of predicting overweight, obesity and extreme obesity trends shows….

Low blood sugar episodes can increase the incidence of developing dementia, while dementia may increase the risk of having low blood sugar, creating a vicious cycle….

The addition of glyburide as an oral medication may improve the outcome of gestational diabetes in women who struggle with insulin dosing….

Obesity and hypertriglyceridemia are significant risk factors for diabetic neuropathy independent of glycemic control….