Obesity
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We Asked 7 Doctors: How Do You Get Patients to Exercise?
Make starting easy, recommend doing something they enjoy, point out multiple benefits, and monitor progress.
Opinion
‘Gift That Keeps Giving’: The Impact of GLP-1 in Asthma
In the past few years, GLP-1 has been studied quite extensively in the lung, especially in the world of asthma, and also in COPD.
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Will Compounding ‘Best Practices’ Guide Reassure Clinicians?
“This structured approach reduces the risk of variability and ensures that compounded drugs meet high-quality standards, thus enhancing their...
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Which Medications Can Cause Edema?
Nitrates, calclium channel blockers, neuropathic pain medications, and others can lead to edema.
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Could Adipose Tissue Be a Better Measure for Obesity Than BMI?
BMI cutoffs are based primarily on mortality data collected from large non-Hispanic White populations, without data on potential differences by...
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After Rapid Weight Loss, Monitor Antiobesity Drug Dosing
Toxicities from excessive doses can have a range of detrimental effects; examine dosing following rapid weight loss.
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Could Dry Fasting Aid in Metabolic Disorders, Diabetes?
Not eating or drinking can lead to electrolyte imbalances and nutritional deficiencies, increasing risk for kidney issues.
Commentary
A Checklist for Compounded Semaglutide or Tirzepatide
Small-time compounding pharmacies may skirt some of the quality measures, falsify records, and fly under the radar, but the checklist is a...
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Are We Relying Too Much on BMI to Diagnose Obesity?
A new guideline states that obesity should be redefined as a chronic and relapsing adiposity-based disease, which may start off as asymptomatic...
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Ultraprocessed Foods Upped Risk for Diabetic Complications
UPF consumption increased the risk for composite microvascular complications, diabetic kidney disease.
From the Journals
Immunotherapy and Survival in Advanced NSCLC: Does Obesity Matter?
Researchers evaluated 31,257 patients with advanced NSCLC from Japan who received immune checkpoint inhibitors or conventional chemotherapy.