In this week’s Homerun Slides continuing our series from Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we cover topics including the Benefits of Combined Treatment (Pharmacotherapy and Lifestyle Modification), a demonstation of how Obesity Requires Long-Term Care, and information on how Roux-en-Y surgery restores the incretin effect…
Read More »SGLT2 Inhibition: A Novel Treatment Strategy for Type 2 Diabetes
In this special feature for our series on SGLT2 inhibitors, we are extremely pleased to present this comprehensive slide series from the WorldWIDE Initiative for Diabetes Education. In this subset of their series, the Role of the Kidneys is examined and the effects of SGLT2 inhibitors is explained….
Read More »Obesity 2014 – New Medical Therapies, Part 4
In this week’s Homerun Slides collection, we go over some of the behavioral modification options that are available for helping patients change their lifestyle habits. In addition, we also review some of the medications available to help with weight control….
Read More »Obesity 2014 – New Medical Therapies, Part 3
In this week’s Homerun Slides continuing Dr. Stanley Scwartz’ series on new medication therapies for the treatment of obesity, we discuss exactly why it is so difficult for our patients to lose weight and give you some options to make this process a little easier….
Read More »Obesity 2014 – New Medical Therapies, Part 2
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….
Read More »Obesity 2014 – New Medical Therapies, Part 1
Dr. Stanley Schwartz focuses on obesity but with an emphasis on some of the new medical therapies now available. He also discusses the idea of the "metabolically healthy obese" patient and why he believes this is an oxymoronic term….
Read More »Obesity 2014, Part 7
Dr. Stanley Schwartz finishes up his slides series on the current state of the obesity epidemic and its relationship with diabetes. Topics covered in this set include a discussion of the newest drug therapies on the market including the incretins and the SGLT-2 inhibitors…. To download in PowerPoint (.ppt) format: Obesity …
Read More »Obesity 2014, Part 6
In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue with Dr. Stanley Schwartz’s series on obesity with topics on the benefits of weight loss including: lower CHD risk, improved insulin sensitivity, lowered blood pressure, and an increase in life expectancy….
Read More »Obesity 2014, Part 5
In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue our exploration of the current obesity crisis with a discussion of prediabetes, the conditions which can lead to prediabetes including genetic disposition, and the possibility of preventing the onset of diabetes by acting quickly….
Read More »Obesity 2014, Part 4
In this week’s Homerun Slides, we continue our exploration on the state of obesity in 2014 including topics on the relationship of BMI and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus, genes that cause or are associated with diabetes, and the two principal genetic defects in B-cells that can …
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