Obesity
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Diet low in free sugars shows promise for adolescent NAFLD
Preliminary findings support potential of modified diet to improve hepatic steatosis in teens.
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Obesity paradox applies to post-stroke mortality
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Tic disorders are associated with obesity and diabetes
Patients with Tourette syndrome or chronic tic disorder have a higher risk for metabolic and cardiovascular health problems, a population-based...
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BMI changes in adolescence linked to later cancer risk
Adiposity changes during the peripubertal period may have more of an impact on ovarian cancer risk than adiposity changes during adulthood.
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Gender, racial, socioeconomic differences found in obesity-depression link
“Though major lifetime depression is less prevalent among African Americans, those who are obese should be screened for depression at similar...
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Prenatal valproate and ADHD
The role that mothers play in the link between depression and fathers and daughters.
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Cerebral small vessel and cognitive impairment
Flu season intensifies in the last week of 2018.
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Firibastat looking good for difficult-to-treat hypertension
CHICAGO – A phase 2b trial of a novel antihypertensive drug checks off efficacy and safety boxes.
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‘Payoff will be great’ if we can conquer childhood obesity, expert says
LOS ANGELES – Direct evidence of a link between obesity in youth and adult cardiovascular disease is beginning to emerge.
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Opioids don’t top NSAIDs for chronic pain
And canakinumab has a remarkable effect on knee and hip replacement risk.
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Real-world weight loss with meds approximates RCT results
NASHVILLE, TENN. – The real-world study saw more adverse events – but no attrition from side effects.