Diabetes
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Semaglutide for weight loss? A good first STEP, with caveats
“On the face of it, the STEP 1 trial (like its name) is a good beginning,” said the editorialists. More patients in the semaglutide group had...
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Lifestyle coaching for obesity associated with improved cardiometabolic numbers in study
Experts address funding barriers to patients receiving this type of intervention.
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Long-term metformin use linked to fewer ER+ breast cancers
Observational data from more than 40,000 women with type 2 diabetes show fewer estrogen receptor–positive breast cancers in those treated with...
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Oily fish linked to lower risk of diabetes in largest study to date
People who reported eating at least one oily fish meal weekly had about a 20% lower incidence of type 2 diabetes compared with never-eaters. Fish-...
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PURE: High refined-grain intake boosts death, CVD events
Data from more than 137,000 people in 21 countries document the adverse effects of eating refined grains regularly.
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Bariatric surgery gives 10-year cure for some advanced diabetes
These results provide “the most robust scientific evidence yet that full-blown type 2 diabetes is a curable disease, not inevitably progressive,...
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Plant-based or keto diet? Novel study yields surprising results
People who eat a low-carb, ketogenic diet consume more calories than those who eat a low-fat, plant-based diet, but with the low-carb diet, there...
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Gestational diabetes carries CVD risk years later
Women who’ve had gestational diabetes have a heightened risk of coronary artery calcification years later even with normal blood sugar levels.
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Incidence of autoimmune hepatitis may be rising
This study evaluated trends in autoimmune liver diseases over a 9-year time frame in Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Protecting patients with diabetes from impact of COVID-19
Commentary
Can ‘big’ be healthy? Yes – and no
We can’t tell very much about a person’s health from their outward appearance, and we should probably stop trying to make such inferences, says...