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Re: Covid-19 has made the obesity epidemic worse, but failed to ignite enough action
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Calorie labels in restaurants - the impact on sufferers of eating disorders
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Covid-19 has made the obesity epidemic worse, but failed to ignite enough action
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 6, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Yes, Covid-19 has made the obesity epidemic worse, but do not neglect psychological factors
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Source: BMJ Comments - March 5, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Another AW case
It’s Friday, you are not on call and just finished an of EF 15% AVR/cabg x3. You have one foot out the door when all of a sudden you get called for a trach (fauk). 65 y/o morbidly obese patient with a pharyngeal mass. Smoked her whole life, can’t lie flat, can hardly talk. Below is her CT scan. Plan? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 5, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: sevoflurane Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums

Reporting fellow “providers” to the state board.
Recent inpatient consult. Patient has anorexia. Patient has been thru multiple residential eating disorder treatment programs. BMI is < 12. Admitted with weakness/malnutrition. Patient is managed outpatient by psych NP at clinic owned by a psychiatrist. Patient is on large doses of scheduled benzo plus prn benzo. Also, more concerning, patient is on Wellbutrin and a stimulant. surprisingly she’s “just not hungry.” /s So recommending she return to eating disorder treatment which she says... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 25, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: nexus73 Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums

Khan Academy P/S passage question (Title: Is obesity contagious?)
Hello! Could anyone help me with this question from a PS passage from Khan Academy? Basically, for Question 4, I was between C and D and could not decide which one. D makes sense, but I couldn't have guessed it in the first place. The passage does not define what homophily means, but I assume they would expect me to reason my way to the answer, not to know what "homophily" mean in the first place. So, is there any psychosocial concept related to this that I 'suppose' to know? Is it always... Read more (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 6, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Bethn Tags: MCAT Study Question Q&A Source Type: forums

Consider eating disorders in young people
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 19, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Covid-19 severity: Age, obesity and IL-6
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 4, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Re: Covid-19: Why are age and obesity risk factors for serious disease?
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 1, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Adding Metformin to VPA to control weight gain?
I have a moderately obese gentleman with Schizoaffective disorder and Meth use history who is still having a lot of AH and mood instability on VPA 1,000 mg, Risperdal 8 mg, Trazodone 150 mg and Wellbutrin 150 mg BID (has been snorting at group home a few times). His BMI is 37 and he wants to switch to Zyprexa as it worked for him in the past. I told him I would need labs before making any changes. But if I decide to cross-taper to Zyprexa, will adding the Metformin also help with the weight... Adding Metformin to VPA to control weight gain? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 20, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: shahseh22 Tags: Psychiatry Source Type: forums

Measuring of central obesity could be improved
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 1, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums

Tachycardia Case
You're on call and the board is starting to clear up. You drop your last patient off in pacu and see that a ortho addon has been posted to the board. You go to see the patient and this is the history you obtain. 65 yo m with pmh remote cva with left hemiplegia, htn, dm2, obesity who fell and presented with a left patellar fracture as well as trace frontal sah. The first thing you noticed when you went to see the patient is that he is laying comfortably in the hospital bed, chatting with... Tachycardia Case (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - September 27, 2020 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: GassYous Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums