Newswise Focus Channel: Obesity Channel Featured Experts /articles/channels/Obesity Channel Featured Experts This focus channel brings together research and feature ideas from multiple sources concerning obesity, diet and their impact on public health. en-us Copyright 2023 Newswise Newswise Focus Channel: Obesity Channel Featured Experts 115 31 / /images/newswise-logo-rss.gif UT Southwestern toxicologist offers tips to keep food safe during summer grilling season /articles/ut-southwestern-toxicologist-offers-tips-to-keep-food-safe-during-summer-grilling-season/?sc=c75 /articles/ut-southwestern-toxicologist-offers-tips-to-keep-food-safe-during-summer-grilling-season/?sc=c75 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 11:35:27 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2023/06/29/649d9fbf182b7_kleinschmidt-kurt.jpg&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" />The arrival of summer marks the return of a cherished activity: backyard grilling. A UT Southwestern Medical Center toxicologist offers some cautionary guidelines to help you and your guests avoid food poisoning. UT Southwestern Medical Center Lots of water, small dietary changes can help prevent kidney stones, UTSW expert says /articles/lots-of-water-small-dietary-changes-can-help-prevent-kidney-stones-utsw-expert-says/?sc=c75 /articles/lots-of-water-small-dietary-changes-can-help-prevent-kidney-stones-utsw-expert-says/?sc=c75 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:30:04 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2023/06/12/648753a59e133_Megan-Bollner11092017IM4532.jpg&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" />The painful experience of having a kidney stone has become more common in recent years, including in Texas, part of the "Stone Belt" where hot weather can cause dehydration. But small dietary changes as well as drinking lots of water can help avert the discomfort, says a board-certified physician assistant in the Department of Urology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. UT Southwestern Medical Center ENDO 2023: Cedars-Sinai Experts Available for Interviews /articles/endo-2023-cedars-sinai-experts-available-for-interviews/?sc=c75 /articles/endo-2023-cedars-sinai-experts-available-for-interviews/?sc=c75 Thu, 08 Jun 2023 11:05:25 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2023/06/08/6481f921d4bb8_1920endocrinology-cedars-sinai.jpg&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" />Cedars-Sinai endocrinologists will share their latest medical research and clinical care improvements at ENDO 2023, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, June 15-18. 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Newswise Diabetes Drugs Could Soon Transform the Treatment of Obesity /articles/diabetes-drugs-could-soon-transform-the-treatment-of-obesity/?sc=c75 /articles/diabetes-drugs-could-soon-transform-the-treatment-of-obesity/?sc=c75 Mon, 27 Jun 2022 14:05:55 EST An obesity specialist from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School discusses a decade of progress in weight-management drugs and a game-changing study. Rutgers University-New Brunswick Q&A: Unlocking Genetic Causes of Heart Disease /articles/qa-unlocking-genetic-causes-of-heart-disease/?sc=c75 /articles/qa-unlocking-genetic-causes-of-heart-disease/?sc=c75 Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:20:53 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2022/04/06/624dba543466b_1920cardiomyopathy-research-cedars-sinai.jpg&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" />Physician-scientists from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are working to identify genetic risk factors for cardiomyopathy--a collection of conditions that reduce the heart's ability to pump blood to the rest of the body--and how inherited forms of the condition can be detected at earlier stages. Cedars-Sinai Post Pandemic Obesity Posing a New Challenge for Americans this World Obesity Day, March 4, 2022 /articles/post-pandemic-obesity-posing-a-new-challenge-for-americans-this-world-obesity-day-march-4-2022/?sc=c75 /articles/post-pandemic-obesity-posing-a-new-challenge-for-americans-this-world-obesity-day-march-4-2022/?sc=c75 Fri, 04 Mar 2022 11:05:31 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2022/03/04/62223920f16a3_alex monteleone.PNG&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" /> Hackensack Meridian Health Critical Research Could Reshape the Fight against Heart Disease /articles/critical-research-could-reshape-the-fight-against-heart-disease/?sc=c75 /articles/critical-research-could-reshape-the-fight-against-heart-disease/?sc=c75 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:00:34 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2022/02/16/620d0853c7a27_Heart pic.jpg&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" /> American Physiological Society (APS) A Happy & Healthy Valentine's Day for a Pompton Plains Couple /articles/a-happy-healthy-valentine-s-day-for-a-pompton-plains-couple/?sc=c75 /articles/a-happy-healthy-valentine-s-day-for-a-pompton-plains-couple/?sc=c75 Fri, 11 Feb 2022 15:05:28 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2022/02/11/Vinnie Len.PNG&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" /> Hackensack Meridian Health New Year, New You /articles/new-year-new-you/?sc=c75 /articles/new-year-new-you/?sc=c75 Thu, 30 Dec 2021 10:05:02 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2021/12/30/61cdd185d0364_Alex 1.PNG&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" /> Hackensack Meridian Health Post Pandemic Obesity Posing a New Challenge for Americans /articles/post-pandemic-obesity-posing-a-new-challenge-for-americans/?sc=c75 /articles/post-pandemic-obesity-posing-a-new-challenge-for-americans/?sc=c75 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 10:30:19 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=/images/uploads/2021/12/09/61b21befdb42f_covid obesity.PNG&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" /> Hackensack Meridian Health Treatment and Considerations for Pancreatic Cancer /articles/treatment-and-considerations-for-pancreatic-cancer/?sc=c75 /articles/treatment-and-considerations-for-pancreatic-cancer/?sc=c75 Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:00:26 EST <img src="/legacy/image.php?image=https://njmonthly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Orsini_James.jpg&width=100&height=150" alt="Newswise image" />We spoke with hematology oncologist James Orsini, Jr., M.D., to learn more about pancreatic cancer Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)