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The Obesity Society 27th Annual Scientific Meeting

October 24 - 28, 2009; Washington, DC

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Insulin Pens: A Closer Look You may be familiar with insulin pens, but do you know exactly how they work? Dr. Anne Peters provides a quick overview in this video editorial.
Peters on Diabetes, September 2009
Starting a Patient on Insulin: Needles and Pens Dr. Anne Peters provides a step-by-step video tutorial on teaching a patient how to administer insulin, with either a vial and syringe or with a convenient pen dispenser.
Peters on Diabetes, September 2009
JNC8 and ESH Guidelines Are Due This Year. Will They Agree? Henry Black, MD, speculates on the upcoming hypertension guidelines from JNC8 and ESH.
Black on Cardiology, September 2009
ADA 2009: Retracting Fears Over Glitazone Risks In this video blog, Dr. Arthur Vinik highlights research from this year’s American Diabetes Association meeting which allayed concerns about cardiovascular risks associated with glitazone therapy.
September 2009
The Diabetic Foot Exam What are the key aspects of the all-important foot exam in patients with diabetes? Dr. Anne Peters describes and demonstrates proper techniques in this 6-minute video blog.
Peters on Diabetes, September 2009
Preliminary Results of TREAT Study In this video blog, Jeffrey Berns, MD, of UPenn School of Medicine, gives readers a glimpse of results of a trial to reduce cardiovascular events in CKD patients with type-2 diabetes.
Berns on Nephrology, September 2009
Comparing Therapies Among Patients With Diabetes and CAD -- BARIng in Mind Any Differences Henry Black, MD, looks at the BARI 2D results and believes that we're pretty good at sorting out differences in therapies but pities the poor clinician who must decide on best options.
Black on Cardiology, September 2009
KDIGO Guidelines on Mineral and Bone Disorder In this video blog, Jeffrey Berns, MD, of UPenn School of Medicine, talks about newly released guidelines from Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes.
Berns on Nephrology, August 2009
What Happens When a Bad CVD Risk Factor Becomes Good? The Phenomenon of "Reverse Epidemiology" in Chronic Disease Risk factors for many diseases that have been established in healthy populations paradoxically seem to be protective, hence the term "reverse epidemiology."
Medscape Video Commentaries, August 2009
Pill Burden Too Great in Dialysis Patients? In this video blog, Jeffrey Berns, MD, of UPenn School of Medicine, discusses a study which looks at the large number of pills that dialysis patients must take.
Berns on Nephrology, August 2009
Calcium -- Can It Help you Lose Weight? In this video editorial, Dr. Sandra Fryhofer explores a recent study on calcium's role in weight management.
Medicine Matters, August 2009
A STICH in Time Saves Lives -- Simplifying Hypertension Treatment Henry Black, MD describes Simplified Treatment Intervention to Control Hypertension (STICH) -- an algorithm that helps primary care physicians apply a straightforward treatment strategy for reducing their patient's blood pressure.
Black on Cardiology, July 2009

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