Author says long periods of fasting before surgery may not be necessary
Female patients perceive that clinicians are significantly worse at demonstrating respect, listening, and explaining concepts
Magnitude of these associations decreases alongside increasing prescription rates
People with obesity also reported greater cost-related medication nonadherence than those with overweight, normal weight
53, 83, and 27 percent of commercial claims, Medicare Part D claims, and Medicaid claims had out-of-pocket costs >$0
Updated thresholds outperform those recommended by American Thyroid Association guidelines for patients with medullary thyroid cancer
Study reveals no significant differences by race/ethnicity or sex
Linear relationship seen for waist circumference, BP; reduction in HOMA-IR, hemoglobin A1c seen with modest weight reduction
Increased risk for consumption seen during periods of rising estradiol levels
While complications are low, they increase significantly with BMI ≥50
Decreases seen in mortality for acute MI, ischemic heart disease, while increases seen for mortality from other heart disease subtypes