Dr Vinay Patel became interested in endocrinology because he finds it to be a fascinating field. One thing that draws him to the speciality is that endocrinology is becoming the main area of obesity medicine. He finds that the main…
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What might happen if Medicare and Medicaid covered 30% of healthy food purchases? A team of researches from Tufts University, lead by Yujin Lee, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy modeled two different scenarios.The…
Antonio is a 49 years young resident of New York City, living with type 2 diabetes. He was diagnosed a little over three years ago after a routine check-up with his primary care physician.While Antonio wasn’t expecting the diagnosis, it…
During his professional training, while being exposed to different aspects of medicine, Dr. Shanik found endocrinology to be the most appealing. Primarily, what attracted him to the specialty was the understanding of the physiology of how hormones work in the…
New figures indicate the annual cost of treating the consequences of obesity will reach US$1.2 trillion globally by 2025. 11th October is World Obesity Day and is marked in 2017 for the third time. It was launched to stimulate discussion and support practical…
