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Strong link found between enterovirus and type 1 diabetes
Relationship is particularly high within 1 month of type 1 diabetes onset, suggesting potential preventive role for vaccination or antivirals.
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Meet our newest genetically engineered frenemy, herpes
Plus: Cooking and cleaning your way to air pollution, dying to become a tree, and thawing out “COVID-frozen” goals.
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Apremilast may have some cardiometabolic benefits in patients with psoriasis
The trial does help answer the question of whether apremilast can induce weight loss ... something that earlier trials suggested.
Commentary
Yes, we should talk politics and religion with patients
Religion and spirituality are as much a part of our patient’s lives as the physical parameters that we measure. To neglect these significant...
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Early bird gets the worm, night owl gets the diabetes
Plus: Sweating for mosquito science, sharing genes with zebrafish, and sharing vomit with synanthropic flies.
Commentary
Quiet quitting: Are physicians dying inside bit by bit? Or setting healthy boundaries?
Quiet quitters believe that it is possible to have good boundaries and yet remain productive, engaged, and active within the workplace.
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‘Dr. Caveman’ had a leg up on amputation
Plus: Walking your way to a quieter baby, lending a nose to Parkinson’s research, and identifying the office flirts.
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Your poop may hold the secret to long life
If we could pull off a banking system like this, it could have the potential to treat autoimmune disease, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes,...
Conference Coverage
Fish oil pills do not reduce fractures in healthy seniors: VITAL
The largest worldwide study to examine how fish oil supplements might reduce the risk of fractures did not find any benefit.
Commentary
When do we stop using BMI to diagnose obesity?
Before emotions hijack the conversation, let’s discuss BMI’s past, present, and future.
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One fish, two fish, are good fish for you ... fish
Plus: The secret lives of Vikings’ parasites, the first truck to perform a vasectomy, and the benefits of random-but-not-quite noise.