This transcript has been edited for clarity. I’m Dr Neil Skolnik, and today I’m going to talk about the Endocrine Society Guideline on Vitamin D. The question of who and when to test for vitamin D, and when to prescribe vitamin D, comes up frequently. There have been a lot of studies, and many people I …
There has been much hyperbole since the presentation of results from the SELECT cardiovascular outcomes trial (CVOT) at this year’s European Congress on Obesity, which led many to herald semaglutide as the “new statin.” In the SELECT CVOT, participants with overweight or obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥ 27), established cardiovascular disease (CVD), and no …
Hello. I’m David Kerr, professor of cancer medicine, from University of Oxford. I’d like to talk today about a nice editorial in Lancet Oncology written by Grimes and O’Riordan from Trinity in Dublin, entitled, “Quackery: Starving Cancer and Other Dangerous Dietary Misconceptions.” I’ll address what these misconceptions are, but perhaps also think about whether there …
George D. Lundberg, MD I don’t rightly remember when I first learned of restless legs syndrome (RLS). It was many decades ago, and I recognized that once in a while, I would be restless during sleep, tossing and turning, seeking a favorable sleeping position. I felt like I just needed to move my legs around; …