Dr. Vijay K. Panikar: Guest Editor for Dec 2020
Metabolism regulates our sleep, our appetite, our weight, and our energy levels. So, in one-liner, metabolism is life. This has been my belief and philosophy since past 5 decades!
In India there are about 77 million individuals living with diabetes and about 30 million are living with obesity; the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly challenging for such individuals as social distancing has made regular exercising difficult. However, many have done extremely well in terms of managing food habits and quitting addictions. As a metabolic health professional, we tend to meet diverse patients who’ve experienced extreme to moderate changes in their lives and lifestyle; thus, new knowledge and evidence-based interventions are a need of the hour.
In this edition of Metabolic Health Digest, we bring a range of interesting studies; you’ll read about efficacy and safety of Dapagliflozin in acute heart failure and a comparison study between Ticagrelor and Clopidogrel in elderly patients with an acute coronary syndrome. 2020 ESC Guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease have been included in this edition and also you get to read about primary care treatment of patients following bariatric surgery. One of the more relevant topics has been diagnostic dilemma of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; this edition includes a study on the same.
Yet another interesting read comes from the practice corner by Dr. Vinay Dhandhania; he has presented a case of Secondary Diabetes. Last but not the least, I am taking this opportunity to invite you to RSSDI 2021 to be held in Mumbai from Nov 11 – 14, 2021.
Yours truly
Dr. Vijay K. Panikar
MD; DNB; FCPS