Nutrition Perspective

• Anorexia Nervosa in Adolescent Patients: What You Need to Know Here we will review the epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of anorexia, with an emphasis on what pediatricians need to know to screen and to facilitate treatment.
  Medscape Pediatrics, May 12, 2022
• Why Iodized Salt Is Important for You and Your Thyroid Lack of iodine can lead to thyroid deficiency disorders. Dr Elizabeth Pearce discusses iodized salt, its importance, and how to increase iodine intake.
  Endocrine Society, May 10, 2022
• ACC 2022 Making Healthy (Plant-Based) Diets the Easy Choice   Drs Michelle O'Donoghue and Robert Ostfeld discuss plant-based nutrition and how to make it easier for us to choose healthy foods to improve our cardiovascular health.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 09, 2022
• Young Adult Obesity Has Quintupled. Will 'Cancer Wave' Follow?   Maurie Markman discusses a recent article highlighting obesity prevalence among young adults with an eye toward the implications for cancer incidence in the United States.
  Medscape Oncology, May 09, 2022
• Beyond Glucose: Reducing CVD in Patients With Diabetes: Integrative Approach   Cardiologists discuss the multiple evidence-based treatment modalities, such as acupuncture, included in the UC Irvine preventive cardiology program.
  Medscape TV, April 26, 2022
• Convincing Patients That You Can't 'Starve' Cancer The notion that you can starve a tumor is one of the most pervasive misconceptions among cancer patients.
  Medscape Blogs, April 12, 2022
• ACC 2022 Sodium Restriction in Heart Failure: Another Dogma Felled If you still think that strict sodium limits are worthwhile in patients with heart failure, the onus is on you to prove it. They have enough to deal with, writes John Mandrola, MD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 06, 2022
• ACC 2022 SuperWIN: Supermarket Partnership Improves DASH Diet Score   In a novel trial, DASH diet scores improved after participants were taught how to shop for healthier food, whether online or instore. Investigator Dylan Steen shares the details.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 06, 2022
• How to Prescribe Food as Medicine "Farmacy" prescriptions -- an idea whose time has come, says lifestyle physician Cate Collings.
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 04, 2022
• Can Fermented Foods Boost Mental Health?   Psychiatrist Drew Ramsey considers how to incorporate recent data on the microbiome-boosting abilities of fermented foods into diets aimed at improving mental health.
  Medscape Psychiatry, March 22, 2022
• Working in Healthcare and Struggling to Be Healthy Confronting hypocrisy in a healthcare system that makes it hard to be healthy.
  Medscape Blogs, March 18, 2022
• Don’t Drink Calories: Artificial Sweeteners Beat Sugar   When it comes to weight gain, are no- or low-calorie sweetened drinks just as bad as the ones loaded with sugar?
  Medscape, March 15, 2022
• One Doc's Personal Journey to Practicing Lifestyle Medicine   Dr Kathrin LaFaver tells Dr Indu Subramanian how reflecting on stressors in her own life led her to embrace an out-of-the-box treatment approach for her neurology patients.
  Medscape Neurology, March 10, 2022
• What Is the Healthiest Salt for You? Are low-salt, no-salt, and sea salt better for your health than table salt? That might just depend on you.
  Medscape Nephrology, February 28, 2022
• Beyond Glucose: Reducing CVD in Patients With Diabetes: Increased Risk in Women   Cardiologists discuss the results of recent coronary calcium studies in women with diabetes and the significance of increased screening to reduce mortality.
  Medscape TV, February 18, 2022
• Real Romance Is Not Fairytales and Rom-Coms When it comes to real romance for Valentine's Day, sometimes it not the cliché gift but the gift that you need that makes you feel truly loved.
  Medscape Blogs, February 18, 2022
• Vitamin D Supplements Cut Risk for Autoimmune Disease   The VITAL study assessed the effects of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acid supplements on autoimmune disease incidence.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, February 16, 2022
• Ways to Lessen Toxic Effects of Chemo in Older Adults Dr Hung discusses three recent high-quality randomized trials that evaluated the use of geriatric assessment in older adults with cancer.
  Medscape Family Medicine, February 11, 2022
• Can Dietary Habits Impact COVID-19 Outcomes?   WebMD's chief medical officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Dean Ornish, MD, president and founder, Preventive Medicine Research Institute, about the potential impact of dietary habits on COVID-19 severity and overall health.
  WebMD, February 03, 2022
• Patients Are Often the Best Instructors in Medical School Interactions between patients and medical students often provide some of the most memorable and educational experiences. Patients offer perspectives that help future physicians develop their skills.
  Medscape Blogs, February 02, 2022