Miriam E. Tucker

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UN's Efforts on Noncommunicable Disease Historic, but Flawed

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 28, 2011

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Intensive Glucose-Lowering Does Not Benefit Cognition

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 27, 2011

Major Finding: Scores on the primary end point Digit Symbol Substitution Test, a measure of psychomotor speed, declined in both the intensive and ...

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UN Adopts Noncommunicable Disease Declaration

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 20, 2011

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Continuous Glucose Monitor Accurate Post-Cardiac Surgery

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 16, 2011

Major Finding: While StO2 and PVD were impaired in the first hours after surgery, at no point were any microcirculatory parameters significantly a...

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Investigational Glucagon Antagonists Show Promise for Diabetes

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 16, 2011

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Gestational Diabetes Raises CVD Risk in Overweight Women

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 14, 2011

Major Finding: After adjustment for hypertension, smoking, BMI, parity, education level, and ethnicity, risk for CVD events following pregnancy we...

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Shared Medical Appointments Deliver Effective Diabetes Education

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 8, 2011

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Pump Slashes Costs for Some Type 2 Patients

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 8, 2011

Major Finding: For patients using less than 100 units/day, MDI was less expensive over 4 years than was pump delivery: $9,172 vs. $14,994. For tho...

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Crizotinib Approval Personalizes Lung Cancer Therapy

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 1, 2011

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Weight Loss Drug Combo May Improve QOL

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 1, 2011

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Demand for Diabetes Educators Expected to Rise

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: September 1, 2011

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Weight Loss Drug Combo Linked to Quality of Life Boost

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: August 26, 2011

Major Finding: The proportions of patients achieving a meaningful change in weight-related quality of life ranged from 30%-36% with placebo, 37%-5...

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HPV Vaccine Coverage Lags Among Teens

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: August 25, 2011

Major Finding: Coverage from 2009 to 2010 among 11- to 12-year-olds increased from 55.6% to 68.7% for Tdap, from 53.6% to 62.7% for MenACWY, from ...

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Primary Care Outpatient Protocol Reduces Acute Hyperglycemia

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: August 19, 2011

Major Finding: Final blood glucose value achieved was 274 mg/dL, with an average time to achieving less than 300 mg/dL of 2.35 hours. Data Source:...

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Scores Help Predict Benefit From Intensive Diabetes Therapy

Author:: Miriam E. Tucker

Publish date: August 15, 2011

Major Finding: Patients with Framingham scores in the middle tertile had significantly reduced risk of cardiovascular events (HR, 0.66; P less tha...