Obesity

  • It’s time to consider pharmacotherapy for obesity
    Derrick C. Cetin, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2017, 84 (12) 959-960; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.84a.17077

    Consider using chronic weight-loss medications as adjunctive therapy if lifestyle and behavioral strategies are ineffective.

  • Update on the management of intestinal failure
    Shishira Bharadwaj, MD, Parul Tandon, DO, John M. Rivas, MD, Anne Furman, RD, Lisa Moccia, RD, Ashley Ratliff, RD, Abdullah Shatnawei, MD, Ezra Steiger, MD and Donald F. Kirby, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2016, 83 (11) 841-848; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15045

    Bowel resection can lead to inability to maintain nutritional homeostasis, a serious complication.

  • The intersection of obstructive lung disease and sleep apnea
    The intersection of obstructive lung disease and sleep apnea
    Sumita B. Khatri, MD, MS and Octavian C. Ioachimescu, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 127-140; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14104

    Many patients who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma also have obstructive sleep apnea, and vice versa.

  • Prescribing exercise to help your patients lose weight
    John P. Higgins, MD, MBA, MPhil and Christopher L. Higgins, MCEP, BSHPE
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 141-150; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14139

    It’s not enough to tell patients to exercise. The exercise you prescribe needs to be “SMART.”

  • Obesity and exercise
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 151; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83pe.02001
  • Hope may not be the best component of an exercise regimen
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine February 2016, 83 (2) 89; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.02016

    Exercising to lose weight more often results in frustration than a trip to the store to buy smaller-sized clothes.

  • Obstructive sleep apnea: Who should be tested, and how?
    Mahesh B. Manne, MD, MPH and Gregory Rutecki, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2016, 83 (1) 25-27; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14074

    Only 10% of people with obstructive sleep apnea are diagnosed—a dismal statistic, considering the consequences.

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