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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: July 13, 2021
‘A number of clinical trials of antidiabetic pharmacologic agents in diabetic youth have been completed, demonstrating safety and efficacy, and a w...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: June 29, 2021
In older patients with long-time type 2 diabetes and CVD or kidney disease, the investigational GLP-1 agonist efpeglenatide was safe and lowered th...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: June 29, 2021
Clinical experience with this drug will grow rapidly over the next few years, one expert predicts, and new combination drugs are near, so clinician...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: June 26, 2021
“Time-restricted eating is promising because of its simple message and noted weight-loss benefit, yet more data are needed,” says an expert.
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: June 18, 2021
This study contributes to knowledge that suggests that reduction in ischemic stroke risk is yet another benefit of bariatric surgery, says a study ...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: June 16, 2021
This 7-year retrospective cohort study and two slightly shorter earlier ones showed heart benefits from bariatric...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: June 14, 2021
Results from an observational study “support encouragement of the consumption of whole fruits, but not fruit juice, to preserve insulin sensitivity...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: June 7, 2021
A newly identified dopaminergic neural circuit in the hindbrain plays a role in satiety, a mouse study found, which methylphenidate acts on.
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: June 4, 2021
Based on the STEP clinical trial results, the FDA has approved a 2.4 mg/week subcutaneous dose of the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Wegovy, N...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: May 10, 2021
‘Our new definition may be important not only to stratify risk of mortality in people with obesity, but also in people with overweight and normal w...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: April 29, 2021
This research “adds to the known data on the associations between obesity and severe COVID-19 disease and extends these findings” to patients who a...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: April 21, 2021
“This research highlights the high cardiovascular toll exacted by continuing failure to tackle obesity, particularly among more socioeconomically d...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: April 19, 2021
“If somebody has low testosterone, particularly borderline, they could try increasing their fat intake, maybe on a Mediterranean diet, and see if t...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: April 9, 2021
Among working adults with severe obesity and fatty liver disease, rates of cancer were lower after bariatric surgery during a 10-month median follo...
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- Marlene Busko
Publish date: March 16, 2021
“[Chapter one] of the guidelines is devoted to blood pressure measurement ... if [targeting] 120 [mm Hg systolic], the emphasis is on 120 measured ...
