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Bariatric surgery gives 10-year cure for some advanced diabetes
These results provide “the most robust scientific evidence yet that full-blown type 2 diabetes is a curable disease, not inevitably progressive,...
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Monoclonal antibody drops fat, ups muscle in obesity, diabetes
‘Blockade of the activin receptor with bimagrumab could provide a novel pharmacologic approach for managing patients with type 2 diabetes with...
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Marijuana use tied to repeat MI, stroke after percutaneous coronary intervention
“It is absolutely critical” that cardiologists and general providers screen patients for marijuana use, “either at the time of their MI or ideally...
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Cardiac arrest in COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Survival is possible’
Results of new studies of in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest underline that, despite lower survival rates during the pandemic, rates are “not...
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In those with obesity, will losing weight cut COVID-19 severity?
“To think excess weight may also be detrimental to acute effects of a novel virus running amok in the world has focused minds on obesity in a...
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Major breakthrough? Average 10% weight loss with semaglutide
“This is impressive data, confirming that semaglutide, particularly when used in concert with evidence-based counseling, is a highly effective...
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‘Disordered eating’ drops after teens undergo bariatric surgery
The findings are “novel because of the age of the patients,” according to one of the investigators.
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Obesity biggest risk for COVID-19 pneumonia, after age, male sex
The impact of obesity was most pronounced in women younger than 50 years.
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AACE issues ‘cookbook’ algorithm to manage dyslipidemia
The algorithm helps clinicians “focus on LDL-C, triglycerides, high-risk patients, and lifestyle [and] understand all the medications available to...
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Burosumab is a ‘game changer,’ effective in all subgroups of XLH
The recently approved treatment improved serum phosphorus and key measures of pain and stiffness in subgroups of adults with this rare form of...
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Longer bisphosphonate use ups AFF risk, but not all is tied to drug
The clinical implications of research to date are that “the risk of AFF should not dissuade patients and providers from short-term use of...
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Treat-to-target strategy ‘not ready for primetime’ in osteoporosis
Debaters at a session of the recent virtual ASBMR 2020 annual meeting could have gone either way on this topic, but data and evidence are...
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Low vitamin D in COVID-19 predicts ICU admission, poor survival
The “data give strong observational support to previous suggestions that reduced vitamin D levels may favor the appearance of severe respiratory...
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More dairy lowers risk of falls, fractures in frail elderly
Results from the first randomized trial to show a benefit of dairy food intake on risk of fractures leave it unclear whether it is better to get...
