Obesity Center of Excellence: News and Perspective

• SMFM 2023 Forceps May Help Moms With Obesity Avoid Cesareans Physicians who attempt operative vaginal delivery are more likely to resort to a cesarean delivery when patients have obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2023
• Botulism Cases Linked to Intragastric Injections for Obesity Many cases were linked to two hospitals in Turkey, which is among the countries that perform the most cosmetic procedures, including those in which the botulism neurotoxin was used.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2023
• ACC/WCC 2023 Dapagliflozin's HFpEF Benefit Tied to Lower Filling Pressure Patients with HFpEF who took dapagliflozin significantly cut their pulmonary capillary wedge pressures, a likely mechanism of benefit.
  MDedge News, March 23, 2023
• Alarm Bells Ring for Eye Issues in Kids With Type 2 Diabetes Annual screening with fundus photography could allow for early detection and treatment of diabetic retinopathy in children diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, March 23, 2023
• Why Is Colorectal Cancer Rising in Younger People? Although overall colorectal cancer rates are declining, the incidence is increasing among those younger than 50, and multidisciplinary efforts are needed to understand why.
  Medscape Medical News, March 23, 2023
• Type 2 Diabetes in a Young Adult With Obesity   A 21-year-old African American male college student has a BMI of 31.2 and type 2 diabetes. He is evaluated by experts who discuss his nutritional education, treatment regimen, and plans for follow-up.
  Medscape, March 21, 2023
• People Took Fewer Steps After Pandemic Started, Study Shows 'The message is really a public health message -- raising awareness that COVID appears to have had a lasting impact on people's behavioral choices when it comes to activity,' said the study's lead author.
  WebMD Health News, March 21, 2023
• Like Mother, Like Daughter? Moms Pass Obesity Risk to Girls 'Girls who are born to mothers with high BMI and excess adiposity are at high risk of themselves becoming overweight/obese or having unfavorable body composition early in childhood,' say researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2023
• What's the 'Secret Sauce' to Help Patients Move More? Exercise decreases patients' risks for many preventable diseases, but many aren't exercising. Dr Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie offers tips to encourage patients to increase their activity.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 21, 2023
• Can Asthma Be Prevented in Children Before Birth? A clinician recently reviewed the evidence about whether exposure to dust mites, smoking, vitamin D, probiotics, and other factors influences the risk of asthma in an unborn child.
  Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2023
• Key Asthma Abstracts From AAAAI 2023   Key data from AAAAI 2023 highlight the impact of biologics on exacerbations, systemic corticosteroid use on healthcare resource utilization, patients starting dupilumab, and disparities in asthma treatment.
  Medscape, March 20, 2023
• Guidelines: Don't Delay TJA for Additional Nonoperative Therapies The guidelines also state that obesity alone should not be a reason to delay surgery.
  Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2023
• Mar 17 2023 This Week in Cardiology Podcast   ACC Recap No. 2: Pacing in HFpEF, Oral PCSK9 inhibitor, PAH, soft thinking on adherence, and so called metabolically healthy obese are discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 17, 2023
• Has Germany's Plan for Reducing Sugar in Soft Drinks Failed? A strategy depending on voluntary changes by industry has been associated with a 2% reduction in sugar, which is far short of the target of a 15% reduction.
  Medscape Medical News, March 17, 2023
• Few Women Identify Breast Density as a Breast Cancer Risk Overall, the study indicated that most women did not have a strong understanding of the risk associated with breast density.
  MDedge News, March 16, 2023
• TikTok's Fave Weight Loss Drugs: Link to Thyroid Cancer? Demand for Ozempic continues to surge, fueled by social media; but research suggests that for some, use of these injectables may be linked to increased risk for thyroid cancer.
  American Thyroid Association, March 15, 2023
• High Caffeine Levels May Lower Body Fat, Type 2 Diabetes Risks Using a genetic biomarker for caffeine consumption, researchers found inverse relationships with lower body weight and type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Medical News, March 14, 2023
• COVID Raises Risk for Long-Term GI Complications Overall, patients infected with the virus had a 36% higher risk of developing GI conditions.
  Medscape Medical News, March 13, 2023
• Treat Together: Tackle Heart Disease and Obesity Simultaneously 'We cannot treat one of these conditions while ignoring the other,' the authors of a new review say, as they outline ways in which obesity can impact diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
  Medscape Medical News, March 13, 2023
• Will New Guidelines Widen the Gap in Treating Kids' Obesity? The new AAP guidelines advocating for "aggressive" treatment in managing obesity in kids may only further widen the gap between the "haves and have-nots," argues Liliana Aguayo.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 13, 2023