Endocrinology
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DPP-4 Inhibitors May Be Cardioprotective
Major Finding: Type 2 diabetes patients taking DPP-4 inhibitors had a statistically significant 31% reduced incidence of cardiovascular events,...
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Fatty Liver Ups Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Major Finding: Mean Kleiner scores were higher in patients with diabetes than in those who did not have diabetes (6.4 vs.
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UN Adopts Noncommunicable Disease Declaration
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Bloodstream Infections Spiked With Loss of Short-term Glucose Control
Major Finding: Glucose levels of 110 mg/dL or higher measured in the short-term were associated with bloodstream infections in people with...
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Intestinal Device Mimics Bariatric Surgery's Antidiabetic Effects
Major Finding: Mean HbA1c was improved from 8.4% at baseline to 7.0% at 24 weeks (P less than .01) with sustained results maintained 1 week...
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Continuous Glucose Monitor Accurate Post-Cardiac Surgery
Major Finding: While StO2 and PVD were impaired in the first hours after surgery, at no point were any microcirculatory parameters significantly...
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Investigational Glucagon Antagonists Show Promise for Diabetes
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Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Portends Poor Angiography Outcomes
Major Finding: Six months after PCI, patients on diet or oral antidiabetes drugs alone each had a mortality of about 5%, compared with 7% of those...
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Little Difference Between Weekly Exenatide and Daily Liraglutide
Major Finding: The mean change in HbA1c from baseline to week 26 was slightly but not significantly lower, when liraglutide- vs. exenatide-treated...
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Exercise and Diabetes Pose a Catch-22
Major Finding: During a peak cardiopulmonary exercise test, all 10 diabetic subjects demonstrated a significantly greater mean increase in...