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AHA statement addresses CVD risk in NAFLD
The American Heart Association has issued a new scientific statement addressing cardiovascular risk in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
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Better survival in older cancer patients who take metformin
“It is important to explore optimal dosages that significantly improve cancer outcomes to boost anticancer effect.”
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High comorbidity rate seen before osteoarthritis diagnosis
More than 40 medical conditions were positively associated with having a new diagnosis of osteoarthritis in a large, nested case-control study.
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Empagliflozin rapidly improves acute heart failure symptoms in hospitalized patients
Empagliflozin showed symptomatic benefits in patients hospitalized for acute heart failure after 2 weeks in a secondary analysis from the EMPULSE...
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Racial and ethnic disparities persist in pregnant women with gestational diabetes
From 2014 to 2020, differences in adverse outcomes by race and ethnicity persisted; in comparison with Whites, Black participants were at...
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‘Forever chemicals’ exposures may compound diabetes risk
The increased risk of diabetes observed among women exposed to a combination of ‘forever chemicals’ is similar to that associated with overweight...
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Type 2 diabetes remission possible for those with lower BMI
Having a normal BMI is no barrier to experiencing type 2 diabetes remission with a structured weight-loss program, show U.K. results.
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Could AI tool identify type 1 diabetes earlier in childhood?
In the U.K., approximately 25% of children with type 1 diabetes are diagnosed while they are in diabetic ketoacidosis, a figure that has remained...
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Novel tool could calculate CVD risk in T2DM
A blood pressure polygenic risk score using 1,000 genetic variants has shown the potential to calculate cardiovascular risk in people with...
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New HF guidelines feature ‘quad’ therapy, tweaked terminology
They include new generalist-friendly labels for the traditional but obscurely named four stages of HF that, it is hoped, will have wider reach and...