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One type of bariatric surgery betters IBD outcomes
Previous studies have shown that bariatric surgery is safe for people with IBD, but there have been few long-term data on whether the weight loss...
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Can berberine live up to the claim that it’s ‘nature’s Ozempic’?
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health issued a warning...
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FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill
The product, OPill, is expected to be available early in 2024.
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Spirometry predicts mortality in type 2 diabetes
PRISm occurs in approximately 10% of the general population and has been identified as a predictor of adverse health outcomes.
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Evidence weighed for suicide/self-harm with obesity drugs
“It is not yet clear whether the reported cases are linked to the medicines themselves or to the patients’ underlying conditions or other factors...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA clears the Tandem Mobi insulin pump
The device is approved for people with diabetes aged 6 years and up.
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Link between low co-pays for new diabetes drugs and patient adherence
Low co-pays linked with substantially better 12-month adherence to expensive SGLT2 inhibitors and GLP-1 agonists in U.S. patients with type 2...
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FDA approves cognitive-behavioral app for adults with type 2 diabetes
The app will be available to patients exclusively by prescription, with a planned 90-day use duration.
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Aging and type 1 diabetes: ‘Complete picture’ 40 years on
“The EDIC study is now shifting its focus during the next 5 years to understand the clinical course of type 1 diabetes in the setting of advancing...
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FDA expands inclisiran statin-adjunct indication to include primary prevention
The indications now include patients taking statins for primary dyslipidemia who have high-risk comorbidities such as diabetes but who do not have...
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Weighing childhood obesity interventions
The long-term effects of these new agents on children and teens are poorly understood, and both medication and surgery are associated with...