Endocrinology
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Oral sitagliptin promising for inpatient glycemic management in type 2 diabetes
Major finding: Glycemic control was statistically as good with once-daily oral sitagliptin as with guideline-recommended multi-injection basal-...
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QI modules help fuel diabetes care gains
Major finding: After completing a self-improvement module, the number of physicians conducting a foot exam rose from 68% to 86%, and those...
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Hypoglycemia admissions tops among Medicare patients
Major finding: Hypoglycemia admissions were 94/100,000 patient-years in 1999, peaked at 130/100,000 in 2007, and declined modestly to 105/100,000...
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Early, late solid food exposures up diabetes risk
Major finding: Early fruit exposure and late rice/oat exposure are linked with increased risks for T1DM development (hazard ratios, 2.23 and 2.88...
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ADA launches research grant program
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Twice daily regimen eases aspirin resistance in diabetes
Major finding: Aspirin resistance occurred in 42% of patients receiving 150 mg aspirin once daily and in 17% on 75 mg twice daily.Data source: A...
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When prescribed by mail, vitamin D compliance is low
Major finding: Roughly half of 338 osteopenic women completed a 6-month vitamin D protocol, and just over half of those who did hit the target of...
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New metformin formulation broadens candidate population
Major Finding: A novel delayed-release formulation of metformin reduced fasting plasma glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes by 19.9 mg/dL at 1...
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Empagliflozin improves cardiovascular risk factors in T2DM
Major Finding: One-third of type 2 diabetes patients with uncontrolled hypertension at baseline lowered their blood pressure to below 130/80 mm Hg...
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Add-on salsalate improved poorly controlled type 2 diabetes
Major finding: After 48 weeks, mean HbA1c levels were 0.37 percentage points lower with salsalate than with placebo, a significant difference.Data...
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Androgens helped even young boys with Klinefelter's
Major finding: Klinefelter’s patients had a moderate improvement in various social adjustment scores after 2 years of low-dose androgen therapy....