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May 23, 2018
WE’RE LOSING THE BATTLE WITH THE BULGE
Blacktown is at “critical mass” and the head of its hospital’s new weight loss clinic warns the increasing rate of people being diagnosed as obese and overweight is not slowing down.Doctor Ramy Bishay said about 70 per cent of people in the Blacktown local
'Radical' strategy needed to tackle Blacktown's ... - Daily Telegraph
DOCTOR’S 40KG OBESITY FIGHT: ‘I WAS POISONING MY BODY WITH FOOD’
June 26, 2018
After years of feeling ‘tired of being tired’, Blacktown Hospital’s Dr Ramy Bishay fought off obesity and has now dedicated his career to helping others do the same.
At 120kg, Dr Bishay realised he was not fully living his life.
“Getting healthy felt too hard to do,” Dr Bishay said.
Full story here:
http://thepulse.org.au/2018/06/26/doctors-40kg-obesity-fight-my-body-was-being-poisoned/
THE PLOT THICKENS...THERE ARE ACTUALLY 5 TYPES OF DIABETES!
April 4, 2016
What do SAID, SIDD, MOD, MARD and SIRD stand for? Find out.
Read here:
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/893305
LIFESTYLE CHANGES LEADING TO DIABETES REMISSION
March 26, 2018
A first of its kind, this study was a randomised controlled trial evaluating intensive lifestyle changes leading to diabetes remission in nearly 1/2 of patients. Enjoy reading and come and talk to me about it!
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(17)33102-1/fulltext
WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY AND DIABETES 'CURE'
September 21, 2017
Weight Loss surgery (gastric bypass) sees 50% of people with diabetes, free of the disease after 12 years.
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CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH IN PEOPLE WITH DIABETES
July 17, 2017
All eyes on diabetes as the challenge is revealed.
Dr Ramy Bishay joins a team of health professionals to speak of the disparity of treating patients with heart problems and diabetes appropriately.
http://thepulse.org.au/2017/07/17/all-eyes-on-diabetes-as-the-challenge-is-revealed/
SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM (MILD THYROID FAILURE) IN THE ELDERLY
June 29, 2017
No apparent benefit of treating subclinical hypothyroidism (mild thyroid failure) in elderly people.
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WANT A MEDICAL OVERVIEW OF POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (PCOS)?
July 7, 2016
Read here:
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcp1514916
Let me know if you want the full copy and we can discuss it.
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