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Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are found to be prevalent in individuals with cardiometabolic complications…. 

New research from Uppsala University shows that saturated fat builds more fat and less muscle than polyunsaturated fat…. 

Patients aged 51 and older with no diabetes at baseline were followed for 12 years in a Health and Retirement Study…. 

  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….

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, and Michael C. Riddell, PhD EXERCISE WITH COMPLICATIONS OR OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS: Relative and Absolute Contraindications The ADA and others have stressed the importance of appropriate screening procedures to clear patients for participation in exercise.157–164 For patients with T1D, all of the diabetes-associated complications (microvascular and …

by Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM Most of the best physical activities don’t require a gym membership, and you certainly don’t have to be able to run a marathon to gain health benefits that will allow you to live a long and healthy life, with or without diabetes.

The TAO WellShell  A Device That Brings Exercising to Planes and Couches. Now your patients can exercise anywhere. One of the hardest parts about exercising is the "getting-up factor" — going to the gym, moving from the couch. But a tiny new gadget makes it possible to work out anywhere …

U.S. and European regulators have found no compelling evidence of a link between the drug class which includes GLP-1 analogs and DPP-4 inhibitors, and pancreas problems or pancreatic cancer…. 

Women disproportionately affected by stroke but cause is unknown….

The pre-filled, single-use pen injector eliminates the need for patients to transfer the medication between a vial and a syringe….