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Will ICER review aid bid for Medicare to pay for obesity drugs?
An influential group urges both a reduction in costs of certain obesity medicines and expanded insurance coverage of them. The recommendations are...
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Nurse practitioner fined $20k for advertising herself as ‘Doctor Sarah’
Sarah Erny agreed to refrain from referring to herself as a doctor in her practice and on social media.
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Patients trying to lose weight overestimate their diet quality
Only 28% of participants in a study had “good agreement” between their perceived diet quality and its actual quality.
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Intermittent fasting diet trend linked to disordered eating
This method of dieting was significantly associated with overeating, binge eating, vomiting, laxative use, and compulsive exercise.
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Major life stressors ‘strongly predictive’ of long COVID symptoms
Therapies that lessen the trauma of the most stress-inducing life events need to be a central part of treatment for long COVID, with more research...
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Why your professional persona may be considered unprofessional
“For Black women, our daily behaviors and forms of expression that are deemed ‘unprofessional’ are much more subtle than being able to wear a...
Conference Coverage
Be aware, mindfulness training can lower systolic BP: MB-BP
“This is exactly what we need: a well-done trial with a control group to show that it actually works,” said one expert, cautioning that it...
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Night lights in the city link to increased risk of diabetes
Impairment in glucose homeostasis and indicators of diabetes were significantly correlated with higher amounts of exposure to outdoor artificial...
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Hypertension linked to risk of severe COVID
A new study out of the United Kingdom identifies at what level high blood pressure can help predict a life-threatening case of the virus.
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More weight loss with surgery than new obesity meds: meta-analysis
“This is an exciting period because, 10 years ago, nobody thought that [results with] pharmacotherapy can approach bariatric surgery.”
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Staving off holiday weight gain
Is the 5-pound weight gain inevitable around the holidays? An obesity specialist gives some helpful tips on navigating the holidays to avoid...