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  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….

A new study tested the use of low carbohydrate medical nutrition for the initial treatment of gestational diabetes compared to a control diet…. 

Konstantinos Makrilakis, MD, PhD Nikolaos Katsilambros, MD, PhD.  Avoidance of complications Hypoglycemia and hypokalemia are the two most common complications of treatment of hyperglycemic crises with insulin. They have both been reduced significantly, however, with the administration of low-dose insulin and careful monitoring and replacement of serum potassium. 27,28 Frequent …