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
@DrKathrynRoss Why do criminals tend to rob banks? We are here because this is where we are needed to provide equitable care and fight these injustices, this is where we are needed
Seems more likely that it won’t. A bit like Taking antihypertensives for a year or two and then stopping because your blood pressure is normal and just hoping it won’t go back up again. At the moment it would be magical thinking to believe that weight will stay down
If your favorite “insert diet here” guru is anti-vax, you should probably be questioning their ability to evaluate science, & think twice about their health/nutrition advice.
Despite a terminal diagnosis, Mariel White achieved her dream of becoming #UFgrad and was presented with her @UF_HHP diploma just days before she died. Last night, Gators celebrated Mariel's strength and courage as her brother and service dog walked the stage in her honor. 💙🧡
Congratulations to Judy Regensteiner, PhD, for being named a Distinguished Professor at the University of Colorado. Dr. Regensteiner joins just 129 faculty across all @CUSystem campuses who have been granted this honorary designation. https://t.co/Vaj1u3ZPjj
As the US begins its 5th wave with 59% vaccinated, Canada, with 76% vaccinated, shows no sign of increased spread
Death rate 🇺🇸 5.3-fold 🇨🇦
Hospitalizations 🇺🇸3-fold 🇨🇦
New cases 🇺🇸 >4-fold🇨🇦
@OurWorldInData
Five great signs of intelligence:
• You're not afraid or ashamed to find errors in your understanding of things.
• You take mistakes as lessons.
• You don't get offended with accepting the facts.
• You are highly adaptable and very curious.
• You know what you don't know.
I think we are in heated agreement. Leptin is indeed a signal of sufficiency/insufficiency of caloric stores. Without it humans and mice cannot be satiated and become hugely obese. The complete absence of any of the meal related satiety signals doesn’t result in obesity/
What a well deserved honor for @drard to join @theNAMedicine. You are an exceptional scientist, clinician, and human who has moved the field of weight management forward with evidence-based care, empathy, & compassion. Lucky to call you a colleague and friend. @ObesitySociety
Based on data from young, healthy, normal BMI winter-swimming men “our findings motivate investigations of winter swimming as a lifestyle intervention for increased energy expenditure in PPL w #obesity as a potential #weightloss strategy” @CamillaScheele https://t.co/ICpguFYP85