Endocrinology
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Intensive Glycemic Control Protects Kidneys in Type 1 Diabetes
Major Finding: Type 1 diabetes patients receiving intensive therapy to achieve near-normal glucose concentration rates were 50% less likely to...
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Supplements May Exacerbate Chronic Kidney Disease
Major Finding: Approximately 10% of adults in the United States, including those with chronic kidney disease, take potentially nephrotoxic dietary...
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Study: Liraglutide Helps Nondiabetics Keep the Weight Off
Major Finding: Body weight was decreased by 6.11% in the liraglutide-treated individuals but by just 0.05% in those given placebo (P less than ....
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Simplified Tool Assesses Risk of Diabetes Development
Major Finding: Nondiabetic persons who were positive for all three of the risk criteria of a simplified prediction had a nearly 20% risk of...
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Severity of ACL Rupture Predicts OA Risk
Major Finding: Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction patients were four times more likely to have abnormal joint space narrowing within 4...
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Possible Cancer Link to Diabetes Drugs Stirs Controversy
Major Finding: The risk of pancreatic cancer was increased with exenatide and sitagliptin versus control treatments, with respective odds ratios...
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ACE Inhibitors May Prevent Bone Loss in Men
Major Finding: Elderly men on an ACE inhibitor for hypertension for at least 5 years had significantly greater femoral neck bone mineral density (...
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FRAX Tool Underestimates Diabetics' Fracture Risk
Major Finding: Diabetes was independently associated with a 59% increase in the risk of fractures after researchers controlled for the FRAX risk...
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Hepatitis B Vaccine Recommended for Adults With Diabetes
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ACIP to Consider Hepatitis B Vaccination in Diabetes
Major Finding: U.S. patients with diabetes aged 59 years or younger had a significant, twofold increased rate of infection with hepatitis B,...