Body weight: A love/hate relationship
Body weight: A love/hate relationship
Issue 171yale medicine magazineAutumn 2023
Obesity Special Report
Features
The next era of obesity medicine
The next era of obesity medicine
BMI reconsidered
Medical professionals are acknowledging limitations of the BMI and incorporating other measurements to determine whether a person is overweight or has obesity.
New anti-obesity medications
New anti-obesity medications are transforming the treatment of obesity.
Diabetes: Yale's tradition of transforming care
Yale has made advances that have changed how doctors and patients grapple with diabetes.
Robert S. Sherwin, MD: A consummate physician and scientist
Robert S. Sherwin, MD, was a prolific and influential endocrinology and diabetes researcher, and a beloved clinician and mentor.
Stigma adds fuel to the obesity epidemic
Social stigma harms people with overweight conditions.
News
For a half-century, Yale's Physician Associate Program has evolved with the times
Yale celebrates the 50th anniversary of its first graduating class of PAs in 1973.
WHRY celebrates 25 years of advancing women’s health
WHRY celebrates 25 years of advancing women’s health
Getting it “right” with medical AI
Getting it “right” with medical AI
YSM alum Mandy Cohen takes the helm at the CDC
YSM alum Mandy Cohen takes the helm at the CDC
Supersize the cell
A breakthrough microscopy technique now enables researchers to observe previously unseen molecular processes within genetic material.
From the journals
A genetic variant that is linked to faster progression of multiple sclerosis (MS) has been identified in a genome-wide association study.