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Plant-based diet tied to healthier blood lipid levels
“This work represents a well-conducted analysis of 30 clinical trials involving over two thousand participants and highlights the value of a...
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Does Ozempic cause hair loss?
“Some of my patients lose hair when they lose weight, generally as a result of the weight loss itself and not as a side effect of these...
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Could vitamin D supplementation help in long COVID?
“COVID-19 patients with low vitamin D levels are more likely to develop long COVID, but it is not yet known whether vitamin D supplements could...
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CGM completes picture of A1c in type 2 diabetes
“This may help empower people with diabetes to better manage their condition, giving them practical insights into the factors driving daily...
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Lifestyle med experts tell how to deprescribe diabetes meds
Medication de-escalation methods used by lifestyle medicine providers when patients show a decreased need for diabetes medications are described...
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Obesity drugs overpriced, change needed to tackle issue
Millions of lives have been saved by treating infectious diseases at low cost in poor countries, and we need to repeat this success story with...
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Use age, not weight, to screen for diabetes; assess over 35s
‘If we make decisions about diabetes testing based on weight, we will miss some people from racial and ethnic minority groups who are developing...
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Suicidal thoughts decline in endocrinologists: Survey
Eight percent of endocrinologists reported suicidal thoughts, a decline from last year, and 1% reported attempting suicide.
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Parathyroidectomy does not preserve kidney function in seniors
For adults age 60 or older with primary hyperparathyroidism, preservation of kidney function should not be a primary consideration when making...
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COVID-19 in pregnancy affects growth in child’s first year of life
This “exaggerated growth pattern observed among infants with COVID-19 exposure may in some cases be a catch-up response to a prenatal growth...
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COAPT 5-year results ‘remarkable,’ but patient selection issues remain
MitraClip’s success persisted throughout long-term follow-up in the trial, which entered patients with severe MR secondary to heart failure.
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Like mother, like daughter? Moms pass obesity risk to girls
The mother-daughter relationship for fat mass appears to be established by age 4 years.
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Do artificial sweeteners alter postmeal glucose, hunger hormones?
Drinking a sugar-sweetened beverage had a different effect on postprandial levels of glucose than drinking a no-or low-calorie nonnutritive...
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NUDGE-FLU: Electronic ‘nudges’ boost flu shot uptake in seniors
Two strategies based on electronically delivered letters or “nudges” were found to increase flu shot uptake, compared with usual care, a new study...
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Frequent cannabis use tied to coronary artery disease
Daily cannabis use, but not less frequent cannabis use, was associated with CAD.