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Sleep Duration and Risk for Overweight in Preschoolers
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
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Infants and toddlers who sleep fewer than 12 hours per day have higher risk for being overweight at age 3 years than children who sleep 12 hours or more.
- By Robin Drucker, MD
- May 14, 2008
- Covering Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2008 Apr
Should Patients Be Fed Orally After Upper GI Surgery?
- General Medicine
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No difference was noted in postoperative complications with enteral-tube or oral feeding.
- By Thomas L. Schwenk, MD
- May 8, 2008
- Covering Ann Surg 2008 May
Effect of Obesity on Percutaneous Endoscopic Jejunostomy
- Gastroenterology
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Success with this procedure is less likely in patients with higher BMIs.
- By David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH (HSA), SM (Epid.)
- April 25, 2008
- Covering Gastrointest Endosc 2008 Feb
Does Early Vitamin D Supplementation Prevent Type 1 Diabetes?
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
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Findings from a meta-analysis suggest that vitamin D supplementation in infancy lowers risk for developing type 1 diabetes.
- By F. Bruder Stapleton, MD
- April 23, 2008
- Covering Arch Dis Child 2008 Mar 13
Can Metformin Attenuate Olanzapine-Induced Weight Gain?
- Psychiatry
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Adding an antihyperglycemic agent may prevent weight gain and metabolic syndrome in patients with new-onset schizophrenia.
- By Joel Yager, MD
- April 14, 2008
- Covering Am J Psychiatry 2008 Mar
More Evidence That Obesity Causes Difficult Intubation
- Emergency Medicine
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Greater neck circumference and body-mass index both predict difficulty.
- By Ron M. Walls, MD, FRCPC, FACEP, FAAEM
- April 11, 2008
- Covering Anesth Analg 2008 Apr
A Weight-Loss Drug for Atherosclerosis?
- Cardiology
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- Free
Rimonabant reduced some cardiovascular risk factors — but not disease progression — among obese patients in a prospective, placebo-controlled trial.
- By Joel M. Gore, MD
- April 1, 2008
- Covering JAMA 2008 Apr 2
Creative New Treatment Approaches for Childhood Obesity
- General Medicine
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An Internet-facilitated intervention and automated controls on TV viewing and computer use were each associated with reducing BMI.
- By Howard Bauchner, MD
- March 27, 2008
- Covering Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2008 Mar
Chemical Lipolysis for Localized Fat Reduction
- Dermatology
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The FDA did not approve use of these agents for fat reduction.
- By George J. Hruza, MD
- March 21, 2008
- Covering Dermatol Surg 2008 Jan
Regularly Eating Breakfast Reduces Weight Gain
- Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- Summary and Comment
- Free
Breakfast frequency and BMI are inversely associated.
- By Howard Bauchner, MD
- March 19, 2008
- Covering Pediatrics 2008 Mar