Press Review – October 10, 2014Check out our review of recent medical stories in the media. Brittany Maynard learned she had cancer in January but it wasn’t until April that doctors diagnosed her with stage four glioblastoma and told her she had about six months to live. Beware swelling skirt size A1C: Choose your target wisely Aim for a glycosylated hemoglobin that optimizes benefits and risks for individual patients Apps for diabetes: What’s out there Our guide to the leading smartphone tools and how they can benefit your patients Self-monitoring of blood glucose: To test or not to test Results can provide crucial information to guide treatment, but patient and provider education is key Clinical Pearls: Having trouble tracking your diabetes patients? Flowsheet = cheat sheet Updated Canadian guidelines on osteoporosis in menopause Guidance on the prevention, diagnosis and clinical management of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Antibiotics in infancy linked with childhood obesity Altered gut microbiome may hamper youngsters’ metabolism Obese teens hit the gym, cut body fat Best results obtained with combined aerobic and resistance training What your patients are reading – Week of September 29, 2014 First Previous 125 126 127 128 129 Next Last
