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Abstract 168: Impact of Continuing Medical Education on the Treatment of Hypertriglyceridemia with Omega-3 Fatty Acids Session Title: Abstract Poster Session I and Reception
Conclusion: This study demonstrates the success of a targeted educational intervention with two educational components on improving knowledge, competence, and clinical decision-making of PCPs and cardiologists regarding hypertriglyceridemia treatment and the role of omega-3 fatty acid products in its treatment.
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - February 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Larkin, A., LaCouture, M., Boutsalis, G., Bays, H. Tags: Session Title: Abstract Poster Session I and Reception Source Type: research
Medical undergraduates' use of behaviour change talk: the example of facilitating weight management
Conclusions:
Current skills-based communication programmes do not adequately prepare future doctors for the growing task of facilitating weight management. Students are able to generalise some communication skills to these encounters, but are over confident and have limited ability to use evidence-based theoretically informed techniques. They recognise this as a learning need. Educators will need to tackle the challenges of integrating theoretically informed and evidence based behaviour change talk within medical training.
Source: BMC Medical Education - January 24, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Sarah PetersLouisa BirdHamaira AshrafSehar AhmedPhilip McNameeCassandra NgJo Hart Source Type: research
Effects of medical trainees ’ weight‐loss history on perceptions of patients with obesity
ConclusionsMedical trainees’ personal success with weight loss and maintenance may negatively affect their perceptions of patients with obesity who struggle with weight management.
Source: Medical Education - May 12, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Rebecca L Pearl, Dallas Argueso, Thomas A Wadden Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Is The Shocking News of the Sugar Industry's Influence Over Harvard Researchers Really Shocking?
Hey, Sugar, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Today, the Journal of the American Medical Association dropped an alleged bombshell when it disclosed that the sugar industry lobby influenced research on coronary heart disease by effectively bribing Harvard researchers to promote the theory that dietary fat, and not sugar, causes heart disease.
The story is trending on Facebook at this very moment, and the JAMA Facebook post states that "Policymaking committees should consider giving less weight to food industry-funded studies, and include mechanistic and animal studies as well as studies appraising the effec...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 14, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Perception and Awareness of Bariatric Surgery in Canada: a National Survey of General Surgeons
Conclusions
There appears to be support for bariatric surgery among Canadian general surgeons participating in this survey. Knowledge gaps identified indicate the need for more education and resources to support general surgeons managing bariatric surgical patients.
Source: Obesity Surgery - December 5, 2015 Category: Surgery Source Type: research
Are general practitioners well informed about fibromyalgia?
ConclusionIranian general practitioners are not well informed about FMS. Therefore, FMS should be specifically integrated in continuing medical education programs and undergraduate medical training curriculum.
Source: APLAR Journal of Rheumatology - July 22, 2015 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Nahid Kianmehr, Anousheh Haghighi, Ali Bidari, Yaser Sharafian Ardekani, Mohammad Ali Karimi Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
Education protects women from the obesity associated with urban living
Research into the rise in obesity associated with the burgeoning industrial and service sectors in low- and middle-income countries found that education is a key factor in reducing the negative impact on women's health. The study, conducted by researchers at UCL and published in the journal BMC Public Health, found that women with no formal education who were working in sedentary occupations were twice as likely to be 'centrally obese' - defined by measuring waist circumference - compared to women with no education working in agriculture...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 10, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
Education 'protects' poor women from fattening effects of rising wealth
Obesity levels among women in low- and middle-income countries tend to rise in line with wealth as they purchase more energy-dense foods, but a new UCL study suggests that more educated consumers make better food choices that mitigate this effect.The study showed that in middle-income countries, obesity levels among women with secondary or higher education are 14-19% lower than less-educated women of similar wealth.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 10, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
How Feedback Biases Give Ineffective Medical Treatments a Good Reputation
Conclusions: Online reviews overestimate the benefits of medical treatments, probably because people with negative outcomes are less inclined to tell others about their experiences. This bias can enable ineffective medical treatments to maintain a good reputation.
Source: Journal of Medical Internet Research - August 21, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Mícheál de BarraKimmo ErikssonPontus Strimling Source Type: research
Medical news: A case for skepticism
When you read medical news, do you ever get drawn in by the headline only to find the details deliver something quite different (or less) than expected? Or do the findings sound so dramatic that you wonder whether the results might be exaggerated or misleading? If you answered yes, I’m with you.
The reasons to be skeptical are many. And it’s not that there are evil people out there deliberately trying to mislead you — well, there are a few of those, but only a few. Pressures on those that bring us health news make it almost certain that at times, information will be biased, incomplete, or flat-out wrong.
I’m not ta...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - April 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Health Health care Medical Research Source Type: news
A new angle for glp-1 receptor agonist: the medical economics argument Editorial on: Huetson P, Palmer JL, Levorsen A, et al. Cost-effectiveness of the once-daily glp-1 receptor agonist lixisenatide compared to bolus insulin both in combination with basal insulin for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes in Norway. J Med Econ 2015: 1-13 Epub ahead of print.
Authors: Valencia WM, Florez HJ
Abstract
Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) are relatively new medications for diabetes that offer a weight-loss profile that can be considered desirable for patients with both type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity. GLP-1 RA are effective in combination with insulin, and even slightly superior or at least equal to short-acting insulin in T2D; however, since they work in the incretin system, they may not be effective in long-standing disease. Additionally, only recently have publications reported their cardiovascular safety, and there is limited evidence for long-term ef...
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - February 13, 2016 Category: Health Management Tags: J Med Econ Source Type: research
Real-world clinical responses in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus adding exenatide BID (EBID) or mealtime insulin to basal insulin: a retrospective study using electronic medical record data.
CONCLUSIONS: EBID added to basal insulin was as effective in a real-world setting as mealtime insulin added to basal insulin in reducing A1C, with less weight gain and less hypoglycemia for a wide range of A1C attainment levels and baseline values.
PMID: 29394878 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - February 7, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research
Real-World evaluation of Hba1c, blood pressure, and weight loss among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with canagliflozin: an analysis of electronic medical records from a network of hospitals in Florida.
CONCLUSIONS: In CANA-treated patients and patient subgroups from a network of Florida hospitals, improvements in quality measures and response durability were similar to clinical trials and other real-world studies.
PMID: 29468896 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Current Medical Research and Opinion - February 24, 2018 Category: Research Tags: Curr Med Res Opin Source Type: research
OIG: 1 in 3 Medicare Users Received Opioid Prescriptions in 2015
CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly 12 million Medicare beneficiaries received at least one prescription for an opioid painkiller last year at a cost of $4.1 billion, according to a federal report that shows how common the addictive drugs are in many older Americans' medicine cabinets.
With an overdose epidemic worsening, nearly one-third of Medicare beneficiaries received at least one prescription for commonly abused opioids such as OxyContin and fentanyl in 2015. Those who did received an average of five such prescriptions or refills, according to the report from the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of&n...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - June 22, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer Tags: News Patient Care Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Will eating slowly help you to lose weight?
Causality is a rarely achievable feat in medical research, and while observational, a study offers strong evidence that eating slowly lowers obesity risk.
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Source Type: news
