The Association Between Obesity and Diabetes
More and more Americans are overweight or obese. If you’re one of them, you may be concerned about your risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The two conditions are…
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Telehealth: The Advantages of Telemedicine
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered dramatic changes throughout everyday life — and in the medical community as well. Not only are providers across the country postponing elective procedures, but…
Breast cancer and weight gain
October is Breast Cancer awareness month and today I want to discuss its relationship with weight gain. Overweight and obese women have a higher risk of being diagnosed with…
Who needs to have a mammogram done?
The final statement of the US Preventive Service Task Force in 2016 recommends mammogram every two years for every women between 50 and 74 years who has average risk…
National Doctor's Day
After I realized about the significance of the day today I have some thoughts that I would like to share here. So, this day was established to recognize physicians,…
Obesity is a disease, period
Obesity was declared a disease by the American Medical Association in June 2013 after many debates and a long history of unsuccessful trials we finally achieved another milestone. Nevertheless,…
Reduce your belly, reduce your risk of getting sick.
What is the right question? how much weight do I need to lose? or how may inches in my belly? Well, now we are understanding that abdominal fat (also…
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans
Approximately 80% of US adults and adolescents are insufficiently active. The 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee conducted a systematic review of the science supporting physical activity and health….
Tips for a healthy weight loss
I know that at the time to decide a diet for weight loss you try it all. The reality is that no one size fits all, but when it…
The Twin Epidemics Obesity and Diabetes or Diabesity
This name was created by Dr. Francine Kaufman, MD word-renewed endocrinologist for her book “Diabesity”. In the United States, an estimated 70% of adults more than 20 years old…