Obesity
- Overcoming obesity: Weight-loss drugs are underused
Successful management of obesity requires a multifaceted approach.
- Medical complications of anorexia nervosa
Many of these complications resolve with treatment and weight gain, but others can lead to permanent damage.
- Liposuction: Concepts, safety, and techniques in body-contouring surgery
In addition to its purely aesthetic uses, liposuction is an important adjunct in reconstructive surgery.
- Should I evaluate my patient with atrial fibrillation for sleep apnea?
Yes. The prevalence of sleep apnea is high in patients with atrial fibrillation, and vice versa.
- Severe hypercalcemia in a 54-year-old woman
Her calcium level was 18.4 mg/dL; 6 months earlier it had been 9.6. What was the cause?
- Diabetic dyslipidemia with eruptive xanthoma
Off medications for 1 year, her triglyceride level was 10,250 mg/dL, hemoglobin A1c 12.4%.
An obese 48-year-old man with progressive fatigue and decreased libidoMen with hypogonadism usually present with nonspecifi c symptoms.
- Assessing liver fibrosis without biopsy in patients with HCV or NAFLD
Biopsy is still the gold standard, but methods based on clinical information and on imaging are emerging.
- A new reason to reconsider that antibiotic prescription: The microbiome
Prescribing an antibiotic is a far more complicated and long-lasting affair than most of us thought.
- Our missing microbes: Short-term antibiotic courses have long-term consequences
Is the rise in chronic diseases due to loss of microbial diversity?