National Breastfeeding Month: New recommendations from AAP
August is National Breastfeeding Month, an annual opportunity to bring attention to initiatives in our community that promote best practices for optimal health鈥�
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Chronic Low Milk Supply: A Search for Solutions
Questions and answers with Laurel Weijer, UF assistant director of admissions and a mother of two About the subject and author: Breastfeeding has an important鈥�
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Why Patients with Diabetes are More Prone to Amputations and How Plastic Surgery Intervenes
Approximately 34.2 million Americans have diabetes and approximately 88 million Americans have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and鈥�
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Weight Loss with Canaglifozin Linked to Improvement in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Clinicians frequently overlook nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in their patients who have Type 2 diabetes. Yet it is estimated that approximately 70% of obese鈥�
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Promising Potential New Treatment for Patients with Sepsis, Cancer or Genetic Conditions
Cells need energy to live, which they get from adenosine triphosphate. Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is needed to form adenosine triphosphate, so in turn this鈥�
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Collaborating for Better Outcomes in Patients with Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is a growing worldwide health problem and has been linked to common disorders such as Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular鈥�
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University of Florida Health Fights Obesity with Multidisciplinary Approach
Researchers at University of Florida Health are using a multidisciplinary approach to fight obesity. Experts from surgery, cardiology, pulmonology,鈥�
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The Search Continues for a Noninvasive Test for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis that Works in the Real World
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, is a serious progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Percutaneous liver biopsy is currently the gold standard鈥�
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Flipping the Metabolic Switch to Fight Obesity
Calorie restriction without malnutrition has been shown to impart a number of health benefits in addition to weight loss in overweight adults. However, many鈥�
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Head-on Approach to a Growing Crisis
Dear colleagues, At University of Florida, the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is conducting leading-edge research to learn more about the鈥�
