Lipid Disorders
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Mediterranean diet cut fatty liver risk
The odds of new-onset fatty liver fell by 26% with each 1-standard deviation increase in Mediterranean-style diet score.
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Oral diabetes drugs linked to lower levels of bone formation marker
Metformin with or without rosiglitazone may diminish bone formation.
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Canagliflozin linked to lower HbA1c levels in younger patients
BOSTON – Improvements were more pronounced in patients younger than 65 years at baseline.
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VIDEO: Diabetes patients achieve lipid goals on alirocumab
BOSTON – The PCSK9 inhibitor performed in T2DM.
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Hematocrit improvement with SGLT2 inhibitor: Not just a diuretic effect?
BOSTON – New study explores mechanisms beyond those already known or suspected.
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VIDEO: First year after bariatric surgery critical for HbA1c improvement
BOSTON – Acute weight loss may have long-term implications.
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FDA advisory committee recommends volanesorsen for rare triglyceride disorder
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Annual ob.gyn. visit a ‘powerful opportunity’ to talk heart health
Women are at greater risk than men are of cardiovascular mortality, ACOG and the AHA note in a newly published joint advisory.
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Interventionalists skeptical about public reporting of PCI
Survey shows that avoidance and upcoding are fairly common among interventional cardiologists.
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Obesity and weight loss both linked to RA disability
Severely obese individuals with rheumatoid arthritis and those who have experienced significant weight loss both show greater increases in...
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Maternal morbidity and BMI: A dose-response relationship
AUSTIN, TEX. – “Those risks are really impressive, with odds ratios of two and three times that of a normal patient.”