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Olive oil intake tied to reduced mortality

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: January 11, 2022

Replacing 10 g/day of margarine, butter, mayonnaise, or dairy fat with the same amount of olive oil is associated with an 8%-34% lower risk of...

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Similar 10-year survival after CABG, PCI in heavy calcification

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: January 7, 2022

Patients with heavily calcified lesions had higher mortality 10 years after revascularization than those without, but survival was similar after...

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Bariatric surgery can lead to diabetes remission, cut cancer risk

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: December 21, 2021

Patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery have a lower cancer risk. “Obesity may cause more cancer cases than...

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Make cholesterol control a greater priority in diabetes

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: December 2, 2021

“Efforts to control LDL-C should be increased – especially in patients with continuously elevated levels.”

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Penicillin slows latent rheumatic heart disease progression

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: November 23, 2021

Secondary antibiotic prophylaxis can improve outcomes for children with echo-detected rheumatic heart disease, a randomized trial in Uganda shows...

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Firefighters’ blood pressure surges when they are called to action

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: November 22, 2021

The finding may help explain why 50% of firefighter deaths in the line of duty are from cardiovascular disease, and suggests that physicians and...

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Vegetable fats tied to lower stroke risk, animal fats to higher risk

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Marlene Busko

Higher intake of vegetable fats, such as olive oil and nuts, was associated with a lower risk for stroke, and animal fats, especially processed...

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More STEP data: Semaglutide cuts weight, cravings, beats liraglutide

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: November 12, 2021

In STEP 5, weight loss with semaglutide was sustained at 2 years and the drug cut cravings in a subgroup; in STEP 8, semaglutide beat liraglutide...

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Liraglutide effective against weight regain after gastric bypass

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: November 9, 2021

In a randomized controlled trial of patients who regained weight after a gastric bypass, 69% of patients given liraglutide lost at least 5% of...

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‘If obesity were diabetes or cancer, how would you approach it?’

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: November 9, 2021

There’s so much misinformation about obesity, says an expert. ‘People think it’s a lack of willpower, and even patients blame themselves for not...

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New study ‘changes understanding of bone loss after menopause’

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: November 4, 2021

The study sheds light on long-term changes in BMD in postmenopausal women and “stresses the importance of high peak bone mass before menopause and...

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Nondiabetes hospitalization is wrong time to up diabetes meds

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: October 28, 2021

Diabetes treatment intensification after being hospitalized for reasons other than diabetes was linked with a short-term increase in risk of...

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Guidelines for managing hypo- and hyperparathyroidism

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: October 20, 2021

Upcoming guidelines on hypoparathyroidism and hyperparathyroidism guidelines were presented at the ASBMR meeting and will be published next year...

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Better bone builder: High-intensity exercise vs. Pilates

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: October 15, 2021

A high-intensity resistance and impact training program improved bone heath and function; a low-intensity Pilates-based exercise program improved...

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Lumbar epidural steroid jab lowers bone formation in older women

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Marlene Busko
Publish date: October 15, 2021

The extent and duration of the effects of a lumbar epidural steroid injection suggest that patients who receive multiple injections may be at...

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