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The baffling case of metabolically healthy obese people: Are they protected from chronic diseases?
Some studies have demonstrated that a significant number of obese people are metabolically healthy, leading to the contention that one could be healthy at any size. This phenomenon is referred to as metabolically healthy obesity. Research is now starting to explore what this means. -
It's a gas: Seeking respect for the importance of the much ignored fifth sense
How many times have you written “cranial nerves normal?” How many times did you actually test your patient’s sense of smell? Our olfactory nerve, and its accompanying apparatus, rank first amongst our 12 cranial nerves, but probably elicit the least respect.