Obesity Medicine

GERD of long-standing duration may require on-demand PPI dosing-and evaluation for esophageal damage.

Artificial sweeteners are associated with both weight gain and weight loss and a counterintuitive effect on human physiology.

To gain a better understanding of this national and global epidemic and its impact, consider these key facts and figures.

Add skin health to the list of medical conditions that are affected by poor sleep. Sun protection should be emphasized in skin care.

Incretin-based T2DM therapy is not a direct cause of pancreatitis or pancreatic cancer asserts the European Medicines Agency.

All-cause mortality was 80% lower among subjects who maintained normal weight, ate moderately, exercised, and did not smoke compared with those who followed none of these habits.

Those who sleep more also have healthier food habits, which may affect long-term health outcomes, such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

Snoring is a hallmark symptom of OSA and so serves as an early warning sign of potential morbidiy and mortality.

Pulmonary embolism was the diagnosis in these 3 women, each of whom presented with positional right flank pain.

Although this study did not show benefits for heart disease, it has shown that weight loss improves many other health problems.

Bariatric surgery is recommended along with oral therapy to help patients with type 2 diabetes control overweight and obesity.

Sodium-glucose linked transporter 2 inhibitors lower renal threshold for glucose transport, cause glycosuria, improved glycemic control, weight loss.

The study results may reveal p75NTR as a therapeutic target for diseases with altered circadian oscillation, such as sleep disorders, neurological and behavioral disorders, and metabolic diseases.

Initial triple-agent therapy for type 2 diabetes, compared with step-wise add-on therapy, produced a durable drop in A1C.

Obesity and kidney disease need to be aggressively managed in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Asthma may be a risk factor for the development of obstructive sleep apnea, according to the results of a new longitudinal study.

Images: oral hairy leukoplakia, oroesophageal candidiasis, disseminated cryptococcosis, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, eosinophilic pustular folliculitis, prurigo nodularis.

Betatrophin, a naturally occurring hormone, may help restore beta cell mass, and so insulin production, lost through the pathologic changes of the diabetic process.

Lowering blood pressure saves lives and primary care practice is where treatment for hypertension begins.

ASH 2013 has uncovered 2 glaring gaps in the management of people with sleep disorders (OSA as well as others) and appropriate care after a stroke. Both cohorts frequent primary care practice.

Organizations are intensifying efforts to control this disease, the number one risk factor for disability and death in the United States and worldwide.

Mucormycosis, an angioinvasive yeast infection of the Mucorales order of the class of Zygomycetes, often grows in patients with diabetes mellitus, especially in the presence of diabetic ketoacidosis.

Mucormycosis, an angioinvasive yeast infection of the Mucorales order of the class of Zygomycetes, often grows in patients with diabetes mellitus, especially in the presence of diabetic ketoacidosis.

Recommendations consider the whole patient, the spectrum of risks and complications for the patient, and evidence-based approaches to treatment.

Shorter sleep is associated with increases in BMI in adolescents aged 14 to 18 years, especially in heavier adolescents.

A call for intensified efforts to prevent and control hypertension is the theme of World Health Day 2013, observed this month to focus attention on reducing heart attacks and strokes.

A new study validates online delivery as an effective means of promoting dietary adherence in celiac disease, and this method may prove effective across diets for patients with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes.

The American College of Gastroenterology's last update to their gastroesophageal reflux disease guideline was published in 2005, so this February's new synthesis of more current treatment standards is welcome.

Persons who eat a high-fiber diet experience a lower risk of first-time stroke, according to a new meta-analysis that supports current guidelines to increase fiber consumption.

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