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Oral contraceptive efficacy unaffected by dimethyl fumarate
Key clinical point: Delayed-release dimethyl fumarate can be used in childbearing women with RRMS without fear of compromising the effect of a...
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VIDEO: Smoking, excess weight hinder sustained remission in early RA
Key clinical point: The latest data suggest that both smoking and extra weight – including overweight and obese as defined by BMI – may...
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Teriflunomide effective for faster-advancing MS
Key clinical point: Teriflunomide is effective for patients with faster-advancing MS. Major finding: Teriflunomide at 14 mg and 7 mg reduced the...
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Smoking causes worse outcome in MS
Key clinical point: Smoking increases the risk of developing multiple sclerosis and worsens the severity of the disease. Major finding: Regular...
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MS imaging guidelines from North American group offer standardized protocols
Updated imaging protocols for patients with multiple sclerosis from a panel of North American neurology and radiology experts promise to improve...
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Beloranib reduces weight in Prader-Willi syndrome, but concerns remain
Key clinical point: Beloranib produces significant weight loss in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome, but concerns have arisen about associated...
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VIDEO: Proposed revision of medullary thyroid cancer staging improves risk-stratification analysis
BOSTON – An analysis of data from medullary thyroid cancer patients that partitioned the patients into groups with similar overall survival has...
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VIDEO: Weight cycling common following weight loss in obese individuals
BOSTON – A large study of weight-loss patterns has revealed that, regardless of the initial 6-month weight loss, after 2 years the majority of...
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T2D patients on combination therapy benefit in switch from sitagliptin to liraglutide
Liraglutide can be an option as an add-on to metformin for patients with type 2 diabetes who are on sitagliptin but remained hyperglycemic.
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T2DM Patients on Combination Therapy Benefit in Switch From Sitagliptin to Liraglutide
Key clinical point: A switch from sitagliptin to liraglutide provides an option, in combination with metformin, to improve the management of type...
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Early predictors of GDM identified in women with PCOS
Key clinical point: Several factors may be predictive of early development of gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women with polycystic...
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Early Predictors of GDM Identified in Women With PCOS
Key clinical point: Several factors may be predictive of early development of gestational diabetes mellitus in pregnant women with polycystic...
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VIDEO: More routine use of unilateral thyroidectomy advocated for papillary thyroid microcarcinoma
BOSTON – Unilateral thyroidectomy has comparable recurrence results when compared to bilateral surgery and is not associated with either cord...
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VIDEO: Low thyroid function increases odds of type 2 diabetes
Low thyroid function is implicated in a heightened risk for the development of type 2 diabetes and the progress to prediabetes.
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Low Thyroid Function Increases Odds of Type 2 Diabetes
Key clinical point: Hypothyroidism increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Major finding: Higher TSH levels increased the risk of...