Neil Skolnik, MD I’m Dr Neil Skolnik, and today I am going to talk about the 2023 update to the Global Strategy for Asthma Management and Prevention. We treat a lot of asthma, and there are some important changes, particularly around the use of albuterol. There are two main guidelines when it comes to asthma,...
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Is It Possible to Change a Slow Metabolism?
Caroline Apovian, MD Many patients with obesity blame weight gain on their metabolism. The reality is that metabolism can be blamed for weight regain after people try to lose weight! As we age, our metabolism does slow down; sometimes we think it stops working. Caroline Apovian, MD Metabolism, or resting energy expenditure, is directly related...
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Q&A: How AI will, and won’t, change health care in 2024
by Adina Bresge, University of Toronto Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainMuhammad Mamdani understands why people are wary of artificial intelligence having a say in their health care—but he’s even more concerned about the patients who are waiting to benefit from the potentially life-saving benefits of AI-assisted medicine. As vice-president, data science and advanced analytics at Unity Health...
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Researchers explore changes to microbiome following weight-loss surgery
by Jim Oldfield, University of Toronto Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports Medicine (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrm.2023.101051Researchers at the University of Toronto and its partner hospitals are finding that changes in gut microbiota after bariatric surgery can directly improve metabolism, independent of food intake, weight loss and other metabolic factors. Their ongoing work—including a study published in the...
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The 2024 Adult Vaccine Schedule Changes Are Here
Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD DISCLOSURES This segment of Medicine Matters by Sandra Fryhofer, MD, highlights updates in the 2024 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Adult Immunization Schedule. The biggest change for 2024 is that you don’t need to wait till January 1, 2024, for these schedules go into effect. Both schedules were published and...