Obesity
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The drive to cut readmissions after bariatric surgery continues with DROP project
SAN DIEGO – Hospital readmission after bariatric surgery has declined in recent years because of accreditation initiatives and other quality...
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Weight loss may improve fertility in anovulatory obese women
HELSINKI – A 6-month lifestyle intervention was associated with an increased natural conception rate in infertile anovulatory obese women,...
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Weight loss boosts TNFi’s psoriatic arthritis efficacy
DENVER – Weight loss enhances responsiveness of patients with psoriatic arthritis to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors and should be part of...
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Metabolic health declining among the obese, despite improvements in BP and lipids
Key clinical point: Blood glucose and diabetes are on the rise among America’s obese. Major finding: Twenty-two percent of obese Americans now...
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Endobariatrics: Coming to a clinic near you
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Body weight of U.S. veterans increased significantly from 2000 to 2014
United States veterans born since 1950 have gained weight faster than a comparable cohort of older veterans, results from a large analysis...
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Bariatric surgery good deal for diabetes, but…
Key clinical point: Bariatric or metabolic surgery is a cost-effective treatment for type 2 diabetes. Major finding: Cost-effectiveness ratios of...
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Benefits of lifestyle intervention only brief in some patients with type 2 diabetes
Underserved African Americans with type 2 diabetes who participated in a year-long intensive self-management program did not experience greater...
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Pioglitazone safe and effective for steatohepatitis in T2DM
Key clinical point: Long-term pioglitazone is not only safe for patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, but...
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Phentermine-topiramate tops competition for long-term weight loss
Phentermine-topiramate (Qsymia) as the most effective long-term weight loss drug in a network meta-analysis from the University of California, San...
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Phentermine-topiramate shows best chance of weight loss at 1 year
Key clinical point: The combination weight-loss drug phentermine plus topiramate is associated with the highest odds of individuals being able to...