#523 Show Summary (The Next Big Thing Show):
What will be big in 2014? Virtual food? New blood pressure guidelines? The germs in your colon? Or the medicine for your nose? We have our opinions, however misinformed. We can give you the possibilities, but you will have to wait to see how 2014 works out.
Tip: There are new 2014 American Diabetes Association guidelines, but the diagnosis of diabetes remains the same: Hemoglobin A1c over 6.5%, or a fasting glucose of 126 or greater.
Links:
The new 2014 High Blood Pressure Guidelines from the Joint National Committee
NY Times article on the human microbiome, the 100 trillion bacteria that live on and in you
US Preventive Services Task Force on screening for lung cancer
