Behavioral Counseling

ORLANDO — In patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and elevated BMI, a plant-based, high-fiber diet improved metabolic and microbiome profiles and immune subsets, according to a study.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released a draft recommendation encouraging physicians to provide counseling that supports breastfeeding to people who are pregnant or who recently gave birth.

Early initiation of a school-based health education intervention limited adiposity marker progression in elementary-aged children in Spain, researchers reported.

Hundreds of clinicians will gather in Denver next week to discuss the latest treatment strategies and evidence-based approaches to obesity management.

The combination of statin use and healthy lifestyle was linked to a 30% lower risk for all-cause death and 44% reduced risk for CV death in people at high CV risk vs. those not taking statins with an unhealthy lifestyle, data show.

The ACG and the AGA Gastrointestinal Opportunity Fund have made “strategic” financial investments in Oshi Health to quicken the adoption of a whole-person multidisciplinary hybrid care model for digestive health, according to a release.

Tobacco cessation counseling for hospitalized patients by trained medical students.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Trained medical students may be able to provide effective tobacco cessation counseling to hospitalized patients, thereby improving patient access to counseling services, a speaker reported.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a final statement recommending clinicians individualize the decision to offer behavioral counseling to adults with no CVD risk factors that will promote physical activity and a healthy diet.

Research has shown that questions about physicians’ mental health on state licensing and credentialing applications often discourage them from seeking mental health treatment.