Endocrinology
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New Indication for Exenatide
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Diabetes Treatment Costs Vastly Exceed Reimbursement
Major Finding: In "real-world" estimates, the costs of treating adult diabetes patients exceeded reimbursement by $754,023 and for treating...
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Obesity Drug Resubmitted for FDA Approval
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Bariatric Surgery Recipients' Family Members Slim Down
Major Finding: Obese adults and children residing with bariatric surgery patients showed significant reductions in weight, BMI, and waist...
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Cardiac Risk in Diabetes Often Overestimated
Major Finding: The annual combined rate of cardiovascular death or nonfatal MI was 2.4% in a prospective series of diabetes patients with stable...
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B Vitamins Fail to Cut Fracture Risk in Women
Major Finding: During an average 7.3 years of treatment and follow-up, the overall nonvertebral fracture incidence was 7.6% in the supplementation...
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Stroke Risk Surges After 10 Years in Diabetes Patients
Major Finding: Study participants with at least a 10-year history of diabetes had more than three times greater risk for stroke than did...
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Motivational Interviewing Lowers Cardiometabolic Risk
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Educational Interventions Modestly Improve Glucose Control
Major Finding: A highly structured group diabetes education intervention decreased HbA1c levels by 0.8%, statistically better than the 0.4%...
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'Coaching' Fails to Improve Diabetes in Disadvantaged Patients
Major Finding: Among severely disadvantaged patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, a telephone "coaching" intervention did not improve...
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Gastric Bypass's Metabolic Gains Persist at 6 Years
Major Finding: Six years after gastric bypass surgery, the rate of diabetes remission in a cohort of morbidly obese patients was 75%, compared...