Just as we see some states making progress in having Medicaid cover anti-obesity medications, New York State DOH comes out with an announcement full of anti obesity bias and compares it with cosmetic treatment! Even generic off label drugs cannot be used for obesity treatment...
Digging deeply to understand #genetics of #obesity is the work of @Farooqi_Lab. With colleagues in @NEJM yesterday they describe for the first time a mechanism of antagonism of #leptin producing severe obesity in children. Thank you!
#StayCurious
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I am excited to start in my new position as the founding director of the Fleischer Medical Weight Management Center at MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) in Bronx New York. @MontefioreNYC@MontefioreEndo@EinsteinMed