Commentary
Commentary
Plant-based or animal-based diet: Which is better?
I think this is one of those false dichotomies. It’s really not all one or all the other.
Commentary
Time to end direct-to-consumer ads, says physician
While these ads urge patients to try expensive “newest and latest” treatments, pharmacy benefits plans are working with health care insurance...
Commentary
Goodbye, finger sticks; hello, CGMs
It’s easy to determine whether blood sugar is going up or down and the proportion of time the patient spends in or out of the target glucose range...
Opinion
The sacred office space
Patients will be inconvenienced and pay higher costs to experience their appointment in person. This should not be surprising.
Opinion
Creating a fair time-off policy
Employees generally like the PTO concept, because most never use all of their sick leave.
Commentary
The biggest mistake we could make with obesity drugs
Too often lost in news stories about the success of obesity drugs like tirzepatide and semaglutide is that research study participants also...
Commentary
10 ways docs sabotage their patients’ weight loss journeys
Stopping medications for obesity when weight is lost. Do you also stop blood pressure medications when they normalize a patient’s blood pressure...
Opinion
Affordable IVF – Are we there yet?
The price for an in vitro fertilization cycle continues to increase annually, particularly because of “add-ons” of dubious value, says Dr. Kevin...
Commentary
Does rapid weight loss from GLP-1s decrease muscle mass?
Providers prescribing medications like GLP-1 agonists to treat obesity must also counsel patients about incorporating aerobic exercise and...
Commentary
Has the time come to bury BMI in favor of other screening measures?
While BMI is a quick and inexpensive means to assess obesity, by itself it lacks the necessary components for an accurate diagnosis.
Conference Coverage
Debate: Initial combination therapy for type 2 diabetes?
Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, argued for combination therapy at the time of diagnosis, and David M. Nathan, MD, countered that sequential therapy is a...