Diabetes
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Mass Diabetes Screening Doesn't Change Death Rates
Major Finding: Compared with no screening, a population-based screen for type 2 diabetes did not improve any mortality outcomes over 10 years.Data...
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FDA Targets Thousands of Illegal Online Pharmacies
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Diabetes Diagnosed at Acute MI Hits Women Harder
Major Finding: The 3-year mortality rate was 30% for women with known and newly diagnosed diabetes, 11% for those without diabetes, and 13% for...
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Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Amplify Genetic Risk of Obesity
Major Finding: Increase in BMI per increment of 10 risk alleles for adiposity was 1.00 for those who drank less than one serving of sugar-...
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Weight Loss After Roux-en-Y Tied to Type 2 Diabetes Reversal
Major Finding: Up to 73% of obese patients with type 2 diabetes had normalized blood glucose after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.Data Source:...
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Severe Psoriasis Linked to Doubled Diabetes Risk
Major Finding: New-onset, severe psoriasis doubled the risk for incident diabetes during a median of 6 years compared with people without...
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Gastric Bypass Benefits Persist at 6 Years' Follow-Up
Major Finding: Six years after undergoing gastric bypass, patients showed a mean weight loss of 28%, a diabetes remission rate of 62%, a...
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GRACE: Insulin Glargine Fails to Halt Atherosclerosis Progression
Major Finding: The rate of change in maximum carotid intima media thickness at 12 carotid sites was not significantly different between insulin...
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Bariatric Surgery Prevents Type 2 Diabetes
Major Finding: During follow-up, type 2 diabetes developed in 110 of the bariatric surgery patients and in 392 controls, corresponding to...