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Can caffeine improve thyroid function?
The authors speculate that caffeine could potentially affect thyroid activity by affecting pituitary function.
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Type 1 diabetes management improves as technology advances
Automated insulin delivery systems have reduced A1c levels, but many still are not achieving numbers under 7%.
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Artificial sweeteners no help for weight loss: Review
An updated review of the leading scientific evidence on artificial sweeteners suggests that far from positively affecting our health, they have “...
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Dementia diagnosis a good time to reduce polypharmacy
Time of diagnosis can be a potential inflexion point for deprescribing long-term medications with safety risks, limited benefit, or possible...
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Simple blood test may predict heart and kidney risk in T2D
“Three out of the four biomarkers are already clinically and commercially available,” while the fourth, for insulin-like growth factor binding...
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Lower is better for blood glucose to reduce heart disease
“We uncovered compelling evidence that for blood sugar levels within the ‘normal’ range, it was a case of ‘the lower the better’ in protecting...
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Certain genes predict abdominal fat regain after weight loss
“These findings are the first of their kind and provide new insights into the mechanisms of weight regain.”
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Study aims to better elucidate CCCA in men
"We hope the data will prompt clinicians to assess for CCCA and risk factors in adult males with scarring alopecia," the researchers wrote.
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‘Water fasting’ benefits don’t last
Five days of water fasting lowered weight by about 6%, but this weight was regained after 3 months of regular eating.
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Cause of common gastrointestinal symptoms in diabetes?
“People with diabetes who present with gastrointestinal symptoms – such as steatorrhea or changes in stool, bloating, and/or abdominal pain –...
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Revised presentation of obesity may reduce internalized bias
Telling patients and doctors that obesity is a chronic disease driven by biology, not a failure of willpower, is going to reduce stigma.