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Decreased insulin clearance may be first step on path to insulin resistance
Finding challenges the current view of the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes.
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Study investigates statin-diabetes link
Complete results are expected by the end of 2019.
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Should metabolic syndrome be renamed circadian syndrome?
Cluster of conditions “is now the main driver of the global chronic disease epidemic and its health burden,” expert says.
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Diuretics linked to diabetic amputations in T2DM
BERLIN – An increase in lower extremity amputations was seen among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were treated with diuretics.
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True postbariatric hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia is rare
NASHVILLE – Strict diagnostic criteria were met in just 0.20% of patients in a 10-year surgical sample.
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Combined novel risk factors raise coronary event rates
CHICAGO – Study finds elevated lipoprotein(a) levels plus a family history of coronary heart disease significantly increases risk of coronary...
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Infertility appears to be increased among women with epilepsy
NEW ORLEANS – An analysis finds an infertility rate of 9.2% among women with epilepsy, compared with 6.0% in the...
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Feds call for EHR interoperability. Again.
“Patients need to be able to access their own records. Period,” HHS Deputy Secretary Eric Hargan said.
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Physical activity may count more for women who keep the pounds off
NASHVILLE – Activity accounted for a greater proportion of each day’s calories in women who were successful long-term maintainers.
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Fewer hypos with CGM in routine pediatric T1DM care
BERLIN – In the first year after the initiation of continuous glucose monitoring, hypoglycemia episodes needing external help were significantly...
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Bariatric surgery ups risk of suicide, self-harm
Risk is greatest in the first few years after surgery, according to a new meta-analysis.