Endocrinology
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Medicare Offers Co-Pay–Free Obesity Counseling
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Parathyroidectomy Improves Depression, Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Major Finding: The prevalence of major depression in a cohort of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism dropped from 43% prior to...
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Diabetes: Calorie Restriction Yields Lasting Cardiac Benefit
Major Finding: Four months of a restricted-calorie diet produced lasting reductions in pericardial fat and improvements in left ventricular...
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Visual Impairment Prevalence Drops Among People With Diabetes
Major Finding: The number of adults with diabetes and visual impairment grew from 2.7 million in 1997 to 3.9 million in 2010, but age-adjusted...
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A Kid's-Eye View of Bundled Dialysis Payments
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Smallest Insulin Pump Yet Features Touch-Screen
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Obese Children Who Lose Weight Decrease Future CV Risks
Major Finding: The subjects who had been normal weight throughout the study and those who had been overweight or obese as children but became...
Conference Coverage
Remote Weight-Loss Program Effective Long-Term
Major Finding: At 24 months, the mean weight loss was –4.6 kg or 10.1 pounds in the remote group vs. –5.1 kg or 11.2 pounds in the in-person group...
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Weight Loss Modest With Primary Care Program
Major Finding: Enhanced lifestyle counseling produced significantly greater weight loss (mean, 4.6 kg) than did either brief lifestyle counseling...
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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...