Obesity
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The future of obesity treatments could include endoscopically placed devices
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Obesity at age 20 associated with increased risk of multiple sclerosis
Major finding: Participants who carried the high-risk HLA-DRB1*15 gene, did not carry the protective HLA-A*02 gene, and had a BMI of 27 kg/ m2 or...
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Too much dietary sugar raises CVD mortality
Major finding: Compared with adults who consumed less than 10% of their daily calories from sugar, those whose sugar consumption was 17%-21%...
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The politics of food addiction: Who wins, who 'loses'
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Give calcium before and after thyroidectomies in gastric bypass patients
Major finding: Almost half (42%) of patients who have had gastric bypasses develop recalcitrant, symptomatic hypocalcemia after thyroidectomies....
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‘Obesity paradox’ refuted
Major finding: Compared with participants who had a normal BMI of 22.5-24.9 at the time of diabetes diagnosis, those with lower BMIs and those...
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Obesity as a disease: Implications for treatment and reimbursement
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Bupropion-varenicline combo gave harder kick to smoking habits
Major Finding: Combination therapy was more effective than monotherapy at 12 weeks and at 26 weeks, but that difference disappeared at 1-year...
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Mediterranean diet plus olive oil kept diabetes away
Major finding: Adults at high risk of cardiovascular disease who followed a Mediterranean diet enriched with extra-virgin olive oil were 40% less...
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No link found between high-potency statins andacute kidney injury
Major finding: Patients randomized to a high-potency statin regimen shortly after an acute coronary syndrome did not have higher serum creatinine...
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Bariatric surgery may have favorable outcomes in patients with HIV
Major finding: Bariatric surgery in HIV was not found to negatively impact the course of infection in HIV patients, and had no significant adverse...