Catalog

Learn the adequacy and safety of plant-exclusive diets for children at various stages of growth and how to avoid nutrition shortfalls.

Learn about the role of insulin resistance in type 1 diabetes and how a low-fat, plant-based diet can promote insulin sensitivity.

Learn how to use lifestyle medicine to prevent, treat, and reverse disease.

Review best practices for creating and sustaining an inclusive health care environment for the LGBTQ+ population. 

Review the findings of a recent study on the survival of viruses on meat products, examine the trends in survival of surrogate viruses, and relate that to public health outcomes.

This course will cover the role of nutrition and lifestyle in colorectal cancer prevention.

Learn about traditional Native American foods and how to use ancestral ingredients in contemporary dishes to promote health and wellness.

Learn about the role of a plant-based diet in reducing hot flashes and alleviating endometriosis symptoms.

Learn about a large prospective study conducted with a novel mobile data collection tool and the beneficial effects of diet on COVID-19 risk, which were especially evident for individuals living in areas of high socioeconomic deprivation.

Learn about the global burden of colorectal cancer and the diet, lifestyle, and screening practices that should be recommended to patients. Participants are expected to watch the video, reflect on its content, and complete the CME self-assessment and CME evaluation. Only upon completing this process will a participant's continuing education certificate be generated. The estimated time a learner will need to complete this self-study activity is 60 minutes. 

Review the epidemiology of erectile dysfunction, the pathophysiology of vasculogenic erectile dysfunction, and the impact of lifestyle change on erectile function.

Understand the implications of using animals in human nutrition research and learn about recommendations for medical publishing.

Learn about the current rates of heart disease and the mechanisms behind the disease process.

Review studies on the long-term health of vegetarians and vegans.

Learn about implementation of plant-based hospital meals, compliance with the American Medical Association resolution for hospital food, and a plant-based employee wellness program at Sibley Memorial.

Learn the role that hormones play in our body and the various ways in which their function can be compromised through environmental and lifestyle factors.

Learn about the role of fat in type 2 diabetes and liver disease.

Explore the impact of cultural competence on diet-related health disparities and discuss specific strategies for improving cultural sensitivity and cultural competence in nutrition counseling.

Learn about the latest research on the effects of nutrition on metabolism.

Hear from over 30 distinguished speakers in the fields of nutrition and medicine. Notable topics from this conference include a “New View” of protein, diet and breast cancer risk reduction, cardiovascular health, determining the best option for weight loss, and more.

Review the association of dog ownership and the potential shared risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in dogs and their owners.

Review epidemiological studies on how vegetarian diets affect medical expenditure, disease incidence, and overall health.

Review the healthfulness of the traditional Indian diet and cooking methods.

Learn how meat consumption affects the gut microbiome and the link between meat consumption and common digestive disorders.

Learn the root cause of type 2 diabetes and deprescription protocols for patients with type 2 diabetes.

Compare the benefits of a Mediterranean diet versus a vegan diet.

Learn how an MS diagnosis catalyzed a physician’s interest in the role of nutrition and lifestyle in disease prevention.

Understand the ways in which poor nutrition promotes and accentuates health inequities and learn about the benefits of plant-based diets to reduce cardiovascular risk factors and kidney disease.

Learn about the role of nutrition in the development of fatty liver disease and the scientific evidence for the use of nutrition in the prevention and treatment of this condition.

Review the healthfulness of the traditional Indian diet and cooking methods.

Learn about how a low-fat vegan diet and regular soybean use may reduce menopausal symptoms.

Learn best practices for nutrition counseling and understand the role of dietary fat in insulin resistance.

Review the role of diet and nutrition for cancer prevention, treatment and survival.

Review the evidence on the effects of plant-based diets for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes and effects on insulin resistance and beta-cell function

Learn the role that diet plays in improving insulin function in patients with type 1 diabetes.

Learn about the Canadian and United States Dietary Guidelines and how to have a seat at the table when it comes to public policy.

Understand the ways in which poor nutrition promotes and accentuates health inequities and ethnic disparities and learn about the benefits of plant-based diets to reduce cardiovascular risk factors.

Learn how a population-based case control study aimed to assess the relationship between self-reported dietary patterns and risk for COVID-19 among at-risk health care workers in six countries.

Learn about an approach to provide personalized nutrition guidance to achieve more effective disease prevention and management.

This talk will demonstrate effective lifestyle interventions for type 2 diabetes.

Browse a selection of novel topics in nutrition including hospital patient attitudes on processed meat, blood type and cardiometabolic outcomes, whether or not race plays a role in diet and cardiometabolic health, and a diabetes reversal program at an Indonesian hospital. Participants are expected to watch the video, reflect on its content, and complete the CME self-assessment and CME evaluation. Only upon completing this process will a participant's continuing education certificate be generated. The estimated time a learner will need to complete this self-study activity is 60 minutes. 

This presentation will review the disproportionate share of COVID-19 disease burden in African Americans and the role of social determinants of health.

Explore the role of stress in the development of health disparities and uncover the hidden health promoting remnants of the African diet that remain in soul food.

Learn about the foods associated with less Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease pathology in human brains.

This course will review data from longitudinal cohort studies at Rush on how risk factors and protective markers influence cognitive aging in older African Americans.

This course will review epidemiological evidence on soy food consumption and breast cancer risk, recurrence, mortality, and other outcomes and describe potential mechanisms underlying the relationship.

Learn about the relationship between the gut microbiome and the immune system and how changes in the composition of gut bacteria impact inflammation.

Learn about meat-tick syndrome, or Alpha-Gal, and other types of food allergies.

Review the latest research on the impact of a plant-based diet on cardiovascular disease and population health.

Learn how to use nutrition intervention in the management of thyroid conditions and how to provide nutrition education in a busy clinical practice.

Learn the beneficial components of soy and how these affect cardiovascular risk factors.

This presentation will review the reasons plant-based meals void of the top nine allergens are a timely and compassionate option.

Review prominent dietary approaches to weight management and discuss the evidence supporting plant-based dietary patterns for weight management.

Learn the top 10 things that doctors need to learn in order to better manage chronic disease through lifestyle interventions.