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Review supports continued mask-wearing in health care visits
Masks continue to lower the risk of catching the virus during medical visits.
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Emotional eating isn’t all emotional
Hedonic eating is pleasure-driven and uses emotional stimuli to “bypass” the physical hunger/satisfaction signals.
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TransCon PTH nears U.S. approval for hypoparathyroidism?
The drug was associated with independence from conventional calcium and active vitamin D therapy in most patients at 110 weeks.
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Docs fervently hope federal ban on noncompete clauses goes through
The proposed regulation also would not only ban future noncompete agreements but also retroactively invalidate existing ones.
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How BMI over time impacts GI cancer risk
These “important findings highlight the unmet need to identify the critical time window linking adiposity and GI cancer.”
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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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Foot ulcers red flag for eye disease in diabetes
When clinicians detect either condition, they should involve a team that can intervene to help protect a patient’s vision and mobility.
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Preventing breaks and falls in older adults
“The idea that a “bone attack” is like a heart attack gets the message across.”
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Metabolic abnormalities boost obesity-related cancer risk
“A significant number of cancer cases could potentially be prevented by targeting the coexistence of metabolic problems and obesity, in particular...
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Risk for breast cancer reduced after bariatric surgery
“The importance of this study is that it shows that weight loss in midlife can reduce breast cancer risk back to or even below the risk of similar...
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Noninvasive skin test may aid in Cushing diagnosis
“After proper validation, it could help clinicians in cases which may not be straightforward and could serve as an additional” instrument in the...