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What is the dark side of GLP-1 receptor agonists?
“When millions of people are treated with medications like semaglutide, even relatively rare side effects occur in a large number of individuals...
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Rx for resilience: Five prescriptions for physician burnout
“Every person should have a toolkit of the things that bring them out of the psychological and physical distress that dysregulates their nervous...
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Insufficient sleep impairs women’s insulin sensitivity
“What we’re seeing is that more insulin is needed to normalize glucose levels in the women under conditions of sleep restriction.”
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New PCSK9 inhibitor allows 3-month treatment intervals
Recaticimab, an investigational PCSK9 inhibitor, has shown durable lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with injection frequencies of 1...
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Bariatric surgery still best option for some with obesity
“Sometimes we might need to go straight to surgery instead of going through medications first, because it may be the most effective and evidence-...
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Study confirms link between red meat and diabetes risk
Those who consumed more red meat had a higher BMI, higher total energy intake, and greater likelihood of being a smoker.
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Why don’t doctors feel like heroes anymore?
“None of us are invincible,” and it’s dangerous to forget that “the people behind the symbols are also human.”
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At-home blood pressure monitoring is cost effective over long term
Home measurement appeared to be economical over a minimum 10-year period compared with usual care – higher expenditures for equipment and training...
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More evidence of better outcomes with 120–mm Hg BP target
“We are doing very badly in terms of implementation. There is a big gap between science and what’s happening in the real world.”
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Do patients follow up on referrals after telehealth visits?
Investigators retrospectively examined test and referral orders for more than 4,000 patients to see how many complied with recommendations to have...
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New insights into how omega-3 fatty acids improve NASH
BTC was consistently upregulated in liver cancer and downregulated by omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in mice and humans with NASH.