Podcast: Download (Duration: 0:59 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: When people with COVID-19 end up in the ICU obesity may be related, Elizabeth Tracey reports Internationally, experiences with COVID-19 point to certain risk factors for severe disease and the need for intensive care unit care. David Kass, …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:00 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Obesity is emerging as a leading risk factor for severe Covid-19 disease, Elizabeth Tracey reports High blood pressure, heart conditions, older age – these are all risk factors for more severe Covid-19 disease, and now David Kass, a …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:03 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: How can we explain the increase in colorectal cancer in younger people? Elizabeth Tracey reports Colorectal cancer is cropping up more frequently in people in their forties, often enough that the American Cancer Society recently modified their guidelines …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:02 — 1.4MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: The American Academy of Pediatrics now supports bariatric surgery for some under the age of 18, Elizabeth Tracey reports Severely obese children and adolescents should have access to weight loss or bariatric surgery, the American Academy of Pediatrics …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:05 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Is bariatric surgery cost effective in the long run? Elizabeth Tracey reports Men who had bariatric surgery 10 years ago didn’t have lower healthcare costs overall than men who did not, a recent study in the Veteran’s Administration …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:06 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: A molecule called leptin has multiple effects in obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity is linked to high blood pressure, which may be difficult to treat in spite of multiple medicines. Now research by Seva Polotsky and colleagues at …
Podcast: Download (Duration: 1:04 — 1.5MB)
Subscribe: RSS
Anchor lead: Should federal regulations be created to reduce sodium in foods? Elizabeth Tracey reports Obesity and dietary sodium are a bad combination, rendering people much more salt sensitive and at risk for high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, …
