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Mashup Score: 3Fracture risk elevated for children of mothers with prepregnancy or gestational diabetes - 14 hour(s) ago
Risk for incident fracture is higher for children born to mothers with type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes compare with those whose mothers did not have diabetes, according to data published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. “This was the first study to evaluate an association between maternal diabetes and fracture risk, so these findings were new to us and the scientific
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Adults who previously used an obesity medication before receiving semaglutide lost less body weight at 12 months than those who did not use an obesity medication before semaglutide, according to study findings. “To our knowledge, this is the first study assessing the association between previous use of anti-obesity medications and the weight loss outcomes of patients prescribed semaglutide
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Mashup Score: 2Low level of regret for treatment decision for most adults with low-risk thyroid cancer - 3 day(s) ago
Adults with low-risk papillary thyroid cancer reported low levels of decision regret for their disease management choice at 1 year, regardless of whether they chose active surveillance or surgery, according to findings published in Thyroid. In a prospective observational study from a single health system in Canada, levels of decision regret as determined through the Decision Regret Scale were
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Mashup Score: 4Low-fat vegan diet tied to improved insulin sensitivity for adults with type 1 diabetes - 3 day(s) ago
Eating a low-fat vegan diet induced a greater improvement in insulin sensitivity and a larger reduction in total daily insulin dose than a portion-controlled diet for adults with type 1 diabetes, according to study findings. “With type 1 diabetes rates projected to possibly increase more than 100% in the next 15 years and the cost of insulin remaining stubbornly high, physicians should
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Mashup Score: 3Low-fat vegan diet tied to improved insulin sensitivity for adults with type 1 diabetes - 4 day(s) ago
Eating a low-fat vegan diet induced a greater improvement in insulin sensitivity and a larger reduction in total daily insulin dose than a portion-controlled diet for adults with type 1 diabetes, according to study findings. “With type 1 diabetes rates projected to possibly increase more than 100% in the next 15 years and the cost of insulin remaining stubbornly high, physicians should
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Mashup Score: 4Investigational Cushing’s syndrome medication reduces BP, glucose in open-label trial - 5 day(s) ago
Adults with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome had reductions in blood pressure and glucose at 22 weeks of treatment with a selective cortisol modulator, according to topline results from the open-label portion of the GRACE phase 3 trial. Relacorilant (Corcept Therapeutics) is a medication currently under investigation for multiple disorders, including Cushing’s syndrome and ovarian,
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Annual expenditures for diabetes medications more than tripled in the U.S. from 2011 to 2020, and the increase played a role in an overall rise in money spent on prescription drugs, according to study findings. “American health plans and consumers have spent more on medications in every therapeutic category year over year over the last decade. Spending on metabolic agents, antidiabetic
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Mashup Score: 10The evolving landscape of managing hypoparathyroidism - 7 day(s) ago
Approximately 77,000 people in the U.S. have hypoparathyroidism due to absent or subphysiological levels of parathyroid hormone. About 75% of cases are the result of damage to parathyroid glands during neck surgery. The other 25% of cases are due to autoimmune disease or genetic causes or are idiopathic hypoparathyroidism of unknown etiology.
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Mashup Score: 1Gut microbiome composition may alter risk for obesity - 8 day(s) ago
Some changes in gut microbiome composition may increase the risk for obesity, with those changes affecting men and women differently, according to data that will be presented at the European Congress on Obesity. “We can reduce the risk of metabolic diseases by modulating the gut microbiome through nutritional and lifestyle factors, including dietary patterns, foods, exercise, probiotics and
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Mashup Score: 0Pituitary abnormalities, peak GH levels similar between boys and girls with GH deficiency - 9 day(s) ago
The percentage of children with growth hormone deficiency and pituitary abnormalities or multiple pituitary hormone deficiencies was similar between boys and girls, according to study findings. “This is the first attempt in pediatrics to demonstrate the true incidence of GH deficiency in boys and girls by limiting the male sex bias for GH deficiency evaluation and testing,” Rohan K.
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