Rekha Kumar

@MarcusDGon You are wise. I won’t do that. But seriously, people need to hear this.

If you’re trying to lose weight with exercise, please don’t have a 400 kcal protein shake after it.

@DrJayyy__ @WCMDeptofMed @BevTchangMD @ASMBS @ljaronne @elucasmd @RachelStahlRD @TChukir So proud 👏

A @WCMDeptofMed catch up with @BevTchangMD at @ASMBS 🏥👩🏻‍⚕️#ASMBSCT25 #womeninmedicine #endocrinology #obesitymedicine @ljaronne @DrRekhaKumar @elucasmd @RachelStahlRD @TChukir

Can someone give me historical context on why fda cutoff to treat with anti obesity meds is bmi of 27 if overweight and increased health risk start at a bmi of 25? I know all the issues w bmi being flawed but many with lower bmi and early signs of metabolic dz would benefit

@MichaelAlbertMD I do primary care in addition to endocrinology and I cover myself 24/7, the after hours call for a mean platelet volume that is 0.01 out of range which leads someone to google platelet diseases is what is driving many out of primary care. No context to interpret clinical signif.

@DrRekhaKumar Asymptomatic patient on GLP1 with elevated lipase and amylase came to me. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Function Health announces $53 million funding to scale their pseudoscientific platform to the worried well.

@MichaelMindrum @rmk2004 I read it as pro Satan at first too 😂

@rmk2004 i read that has pro-Satan 😂which would bother me. statins tho? IMO, the concern about statins is largely a symptom of networks of influencers that selfishly benefit by getting others to think of statins as a symbol of evil that support "big pharma/medicine/food".

Hopefully most people realize longevity influencers and many popular science communicators are influenced by money & conflicts of interest. Attia is no different as his own lawsuit against Oura Ring demonstrates. He generates > 1 million for 10 hrs a work with Oura as long as he also mentions the product a certain # of times on his newsletter. podcast, or connections he makes with other influencers. He uses his audience to generate money and the $ influences his messaging. So for the people that worry about Big Medicine, Big Food, Big Pharma - may I suggest Big Wellness & Big Longevity as well. "Money and Influence: Peter Attia’s Lawsuit against Oura Ring" youtu.be/rWY4vvvVNUo?si… via @YouTube

@BevTchangMD @drbutsch @ObesitySociety @OMAsocial @WorldObesity @ObesityAction @EASOobesity @DartmouthHealth @AniaJastreboff @DoctorMachineni @askdrfatima @CleClinicMD @ConscienHealth @ljaronne Loved inter hospital rounds , hope it’s happening!

@drbutsch @ObesitySociety @OMAsocial @WorldObesity @ObesityAction @EASOobesity @DartmouthHealth @AniaJastreboff @DoctorMachineni @askdrfatima @CleClinicMD @ConscienHealth @ljaronne @DrRekhaKumar Interhospital rounds*

If you want to learn about the future of obesity care join us #bostonobesity2024 Formerly known as the Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine from 2013-2021 @ObesitySociety @OMAsocial @WorldObesity @ObesityAction @EASOobesity

@MichaelMindrum I literally have all those thoughts

@DrRekhaKumar When I stay in hotels I often have to ask the front desk for someone to help me turn on the shower. Which knob? What direction? Push or pull? Which one do I do first? Could someone come up and help me?

Does anyone else that is supposedly high functioning feel totally inept at trying to do basic things in the world?i had to return license plates to the DMV yesterday via the post office.I had no idea what I was doing. which envelope?do i pay for it?do i go to the window?😕

@HeartBobH @WCMDeptofMed @nyphospital Welcome 🤗! Go Duke ! Go Weill Cornell Medicine 💪🏽

Incredibly excited to make this announcement and welcome Myles Wolf "back home" to his native #NYC to lead @WCMDeptofMed and serve as physician-in-chief @nyphospital Lots to do together!

@DrNadolsky I say this ALL the time.People think they are doing well when they are not eating and they call my office frantic when they are significantly weight reduced and say”it’s not working , I’m hungry”. We are humans,hunger is healthy and normal and the purpose of glp is to regulate it

There are some people out there using GLP-1 medicines to completely squash their appetite and basically not eat in order to lose weight as fast as possible. Please don’t do this. Normalize the dysregulated appetite. Don’t eliminate it completely.

@DrKarlNadolsky Great case

Female in her 30s with obesity referred last year for type 1 #diabetes. HbA1c near 13%. Skepticism on diagnosis so we screened, finding neg Abs and robust c-peptide this starting semaglutide and reducing insulin (was on> 100 units). She has now lost 21% weight and HbA1c 5.5% 💪🏽

@MichaelAlbertMD @DrAngelaFitch @DrNadolsky Sometimes it feels like people are waiting for something bad bc of all the skepticism. I agree it logically should not affect the real meds

@DrRekhaKumar @DrAngelaFitch @DrNadolsky I don't think FDA-regulated products will be collateral damage because there is so much published data on their safety and efficacy. We have quite literally zero data on the knockoff APIs.

A Bariatric Vitamin company is selling compounded GLP1 #CelebrateVitamins It's way past the point of control. The whole thing is a mess. @DrAngelaFitch @DrNadolsky careglp.carevalidate.com/partner/celebr…

@DrNadolsky @MichaelAlbertMD @DrAngelaFitch Hey ! What about me ?! Bring me along 😏

@MichaelAlbertMD @DrAngelaFitch So when are we opening our own shop? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@BevTchangMD @Oprah congrats to all who participated in this message

"Many people have the disease of obesity. Not all people with excess weight have the disease of obesity." @oprah

@DrAngelaFitch @ObesityAction @ObesityCareWeek @OMAsocial so you on TV!! great job

Thank you for having me on! Especially during obesity care week. @ObesityAction @ObesityCareWeek @OMAsocial

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@StephenORahilly So honored to meet you Sir Doctor! Hope you have a wonderful visit to NYC

At MSK in NYC as the Visiting Prof and having a great time. Looked up the online bio of one of the ppl I was meeting and found .." An endocrinologist (EN-doh-krih-NAH-loh-jist) is a doctor with special training in endocrine problems" . The New York phonetic sp. cracked me up!

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