Endocrinology
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A new weight loss threshold for T2d remission after bariatric surgery?
The strongest effect on diabetes remission starts at 20% total weight loss.
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Menopause society issues first osteoporosis advice in 10 years
In the first update since 2010, the North American Menopause Society addresses new advances, including use of novel agents to prevent “bone...
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PRESERVED-HF: Dapagliflozin improves physical limitations in patients with HFpEF
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At 18 months, much still unknown about diabetes and COVID-19
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‘Quadpill’ bests monotherapy for initial BP lowering: QUARTET
The study emphasizes the importance, potential benefits, and simplicity of low-dose BP-lowering drugs combined in one pill, as part of a strategy...
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When should patients with kidney disease receive nephrology referral?
Combining predicted kidney failure risk with lab values will lead to better patient outcomes, according to the author of a new paper.
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FDA approves first once-weekly growth hormone for children
The heiGHt trial demonstrated noninferiority of lonapegsomatropin to somatropin daily injections.
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EMPEROR-Preserved spouts torrent of reports on empagliflozin treatment of HFpEF
The primary report from EMPEROR-Preserved on using empagliflozin to treat patients with HFpEF arrived with four other analyses published in its...
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Walnuts lowered LDL cholesterol in healthy seniors: WAHA study
A large study of healthy elderly people found that regular consumption of walnuts may lower a number of lipid biomarkers, including LDL...
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Dapagliflozin in HFrEF may cut arrhythmias, sudden death: DAPA-HF
Response to the positive findings was tempered, however, by the post hoc nature of the analysis, choice of primary outcome, and inconsistencies...
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EMPEROR-Preserved: Empagliflozin scores HFpEF breakthrough
Empagliflozin is the first treatment to produce an unequivocal, hard-endpoint benefit in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection...