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2024
March
20,
2024
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08:15 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Oprah Winfrey recently interviewed Amanda Velazquez, MD, director of Obesity Medicine in the Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai, about the global impact new prescription weight loss medications are having on healthcare, the …
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January
11,
2024
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
ABCNews.com recently interviewed Amanda Velazquez, MD, director of Obesity Medicine in the Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai, about ways to stay on top of health and wellness during the holidays, when sticking to healthy …
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2023
September
22,
2023
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08:13 AM
America/Los_Angeles
La Dra. Amanda Velázquez, directora de Medicina de la Obesidad en el Departamento de Cirugía de Cedars-Sinai, participó recientemente en un seminario en línea de WebMD sobre la obesidad, los desafíos de perder peso y mantener un peso saludable.La …
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September
06,
2023
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Amanda Velazquez, MD, director of Obesity Medicine in the Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai, recently was featured in a WebMD webinar about obesity, the challenges of shedding pounds and maintaining a healthy weight. Obesity is a chronic …
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March
01,
2023
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08:02 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Rowena Roque, 46, was having a problem that many people can relate to: doing everything in her power to lose weight and get healthy but never succeeding.From fad diets to two-hour workouts, there isn’t a diet or workout regimen that Roque didn’t …
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February
23,
2023
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Good Morning America recently interviewed Amanda Velazquez, MD, director of Obesity Medicine in the Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai, about whether increasingly popular semaglutide or tirzepatide—medications that treat Type 2 diabetes …
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2022
December
21,
2022
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
CBS News recently interviewed internist Amanda Velazquez, MD, director of Obesity Medicine in the Department of Surgery at Cedars-Sinai, about a type of diabetes medication that also might help with weight loss. High demand for the medicine has …
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September
07,
2022
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09:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
CBS 2 recently interviewed Amanda Velazquez, MD, director of Obesity Medicine at Cedars-Sinai, about the negative effects of unhealthy food offered in a new program that provides free meals to students in …
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August
02,
2022
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09:59 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Women between 40 and 60 years old are the focus of new national guidelines aimed at preventing unhealthy weight gain that can lead to serious illness. The study review paper and clinical guidelines are published in the Annals of Internal …
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July
28,
2022
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14:09 PM
America/Los_Angeles
La nueva directora de Medicina de la Obesidad en el Departamento de Cirugía de Cedars-Sinai, Dra. Amanda Velazquez, está decidida a ayudar a prevenir y tratar la diabetes tipo 2 y la obesidad en la comunidad latina."Nuestra comunidad se ve afectada …
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July
14,
2022
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai’s new director of Obesity Medicine in the Department of Surgery, Amanda Velazquez, MD, is determined to help prevent and treat Type 2 diabetes and obesity in the Latinx community."Our community is disproportionally affected by both …
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