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Emotional eating tied to risk of diastolic dysfunction
Cardiovascular disease prevention should include emotional regulation education, researchers suggest.
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Physician sues AMA for defamation over 2022 election controversy
The lawsuit sheds light on the power dynamics of a politically potent organization that has more than 271,000 members and holds assets of $1.2...
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Will your smartphone be the next doctor’s office?
A fingertip pressed against a phone’s camera lens can measure a heart rate.
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Nitrite food additives may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
Greater intake of nitrites from food additives was tied to greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, in a French study, but some experts...
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Evolocumab’s LDL lowering surpassed inclisiran’s in ORION-3
Results from a crossover subgroup of 92 patients in ORION-3 documented evolocumab’s greater LDL-lowering efficacy, compared with inclisiran.
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Diet packed with fast food found hard on the liver
“Striking” elevations in steatosis were evident among persons with obesity and diabetes who consumed fast food, in comparison with their...
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Adverse events reported in one-quarter of inpatient admissions
The 1991 Harvard Medical Practice Study documented an adverse event rate of 3.7 events per 100 admissions.
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HRT may prevent Alzheimer’s in high-risk women
Results from a cohort study showed that use of HRT was associated with larger entorhinal and hippocampal brain volumes.
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Does obesity blunt effects of vitamin D supplementation?
‘There seems to be something different happening with vitamin D metabolism at higher body weights,’ said the author of a new paper.
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What the FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements could mean for physicians, other clinicians
Employers often include noncompete clauses in physician contracts because they want to avoid having patients leave their health care system.
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Components of coffee other than caffeine linked to reduced NAFLD severity
Consumption of regular or decaf coffee was negatively associated with fatty liver measures in overweight adults, including those with type 2...