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Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked to the National Death Index on a nationally representative sample of... »
Innovative Approaches to Weight Loss Show Promise
NEW ORLEANS – Stung by disappointing long-term outcomes for evidence-based intensive behavioral weight loss interventions that are often marked by late backsliding, researchers are turning the standard treatment programs upside down, with encouraging preliminary results. One example of the new... »
Obesity Linked to More Advanced and More Aggressive Thyroid Cancer
Patients who are obese are more likely than are normal-weight patients to present with advanced papillary thyroid cancer and to have an aggressive subtype of the malignancy, according to a report published online May 21 in the Archives of Surgery. The reasons for these adverse findings are not yet... »
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When to Consider PCOS in Female Acne Patients
SAN DIEGO – Correctly diagnosed and adequately treated polycystic ovary syndrome can appreciably improve acne in a select group of female patients, according to Dr. Anne W. Lucky. Dr. Lucky offered tips on evaluating and... »
Bariatric Surgery Bests Medication In Obese Diabetics
CHICAGO – Bariatric surgery crushed intensive medical therapy for the management of hyperglycemia in a randomized trial involving obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. "The lesson of this study is... »
Iron Deficiency Anemia 'Unintended Consequence' of Gastric Bypass
SAN DIEGO – About one-quarter of patients referred to a private hematology practice had iron deficiency associated with gastric bypass surgery. In addition, 57% demonstrated symptoms of pica syndrome – a craving for and... »
SAN DIEGO – Correctly diagnosed and adequately treated polycystic ovary syndrome can appreciably improve acne in a select group of female patients, according to Dr. Anne W. Lucky. Dr. Lucky offered tips on evaluating and... »
Bariatric Surgery Bests Medication In Obese Diabetics
CHICAGO – Bariatric surgery crushed intensive medical therapy for the management of hyperglycemia in a randomized trial involving obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. "The lesson of this study is... »
Iron Deficiency Anemia 'Unintended Consequence' of Gastric Bypass
SAN DIEGO – About one-quarter of patients referred to a private hematology practice had iron deficiency associated with gastric bypass surgery. In addition, 57% demonstrated symptoms of pica syndrome – a craving for and... »
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Substantial Declines in Excess Mortality Seen in Diabetes Patients
Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked... »
Innovative Approaches to Weight Loss Show Promise
NEW ORLEANS – Stung by disappointing long-term outcomes for evidence-based intensive behavioral weight loss interventions that are often marked by late backsliding, researchers are turning the standard treatment programs... »
Obesity Linked to More Advanced and More Aggressive Thyroid Cancer
Patients who are obese are more likely than are normal-weight patients to present with advanced papillary thyroid cancer and to have an aggressive subtype of the malignancy, according to a report published online May 21 in... »
Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked... »
Innovative Approaches to Weight Loss Show Promise
NEW ORLEANS – Stung by disappointing long-term outcomes for evidence-based intensive behavioral weight loss interventions that are often marked by late backsliding, researchers are turning the standard treatment programs... »
Obesity Linked to More Advanced and More Aggressive Thyroid Cancer
Patients who are obese are more likely than are normal-weight patients to present with advanced papillary thyroid cancer and to have an aggressive subtype of the malignancy, according to a report published online May 21 in... »
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Bariatric Surgery Bests Medication In Obese Diabetics
CHICAGO – Bariatric surgery crushed intensive medical therapy for the management of hyperglycemia in a randomized trial involving obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. "The lesson of this study is... »
Long-Acting Opioids May Trigger Hypogonadism
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – Low testosterone levels were nearly five times more likely in men on long-acting or sustained-release opioids, compared with equipotent short-acting or immediate-release formulations, judging from... »
Physicians Integral in Battling Diabetes Epidemic
While researchers and policymakers are making progress in finding ways to prevent and diagnose diabetes, physicians can take small steps every day in their offices to help their patients. A diabetes-themed event, held by... »
CHICAGO – Bariatric surgery crushed intensive medical therapy for the management of hyperglycemia in a randomized trial involving obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. "The lesson of this study is... »
Long-Acting Opioids May Trigger Hypogonadism
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – Low testosterone levels were nearly five times more likely in men on long-acting or sustained-release opioids, compared with equipotent short-acting or immediate-release formulations, judging from... »
Physicians Integral in Battling Diabetes Epidemic
While researchers and policymakers are making progress in finding ways to prevent and diagnose diabetes, physicians can take small steps every day in their offices to help their patients. A diabetes-themed event, held by... »
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Treating Obesity with Pharmacotherapy: An Old New Option
One-third of our patients are obese. Perhaps more than any other group, primary care clinicians are painfully aware of the staggering health and financial costs associated with this disease. Obesity is a disease, not a... »
A 'Health Shock' for Youth With Diabetes
While the financial impact of diabetes on the delivery of medicine and related health care is a popular area of research, the nonmedical implications for young adults “have gone virtually unexplored,” lead author Jason M.... »
A Kid's-Eye View of Bundled Dialysis Payments
It’s difficult not to equate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ bundled payment system for outpatient hemodialysis with, say, handing a 12-year-old boy a $10 bill to buy lunch and telling him to keep the... »
One-third of our patients are obese. Perhaps more than any other group, primary care clinicians are painfully aware of the staggering health and financial costs associated with this disease. Obesity is a disease, not a... »
A 'Health Shock' for Youth With Diabetes
While the financial impact of diabetes on the delivery of medicine and related health care is a popular area of research, the nonmedical implications for young adults “have gone virtually unexplored,” lead author Jason M.... »
A Kid's-Eye View of Bundled Dialysis Payments
It’s difficult not to equate the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ bundled payment system for outpatient hemodialysis with, say, handing a 12-year-old boy a $10 bill to buy lunch and telling him to keep the... »
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| May 19 - 23 Stockholm, | European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS): Annual Congress |
| May 20 - 23 Brisbane, | Australasian College of Dermatologists: Annual Scientific Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 San Antonio, TX | American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA): Annual Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 Washington, DC | American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Leadership & Advocacy Conference |
| May 21 - 23 Nice, | 12th International Review of Bipolar Disorders (IRBD 12) |
| May 21 - 25 Sarasota, FL | American Medical Seminars: Cardiology Update in Primary Care |
| May 22 - 25 Lisbon, | 21st European Stroke Conference |
| May 23 - 27 Philadelphia, PA | American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE): Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress |