Diabetes
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Smoking ups mortality threefold
Major Finding: Smokers are three times more likely to die than nonsmokers, with nearly all of the excess deaths directly attributable to smoking....
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How to prevent 1 million coronary events
Major Finding: If all of the nation’s type 2 diabetic adults were to reach guideline-recommended goals for blood pressure, HbA1c, HDL, and total...
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FDA panel backs approval of canagliflozin for type 2 diabetes
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Diabetes confers 27% increase in breast cancer risk
Major Finding: Diabetes is associated with a 27% increased risk of breast cancer, with the elevated risk restricted to postmenopausal women with...
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Bariatric surgery cut vascular events in diabetes
Major Finding: Bariatric surgery was linked to a 64% decrease in macro- and microvascular events compared with no surgery in obese type 2 diabetes...
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Rate of visual impairment up 21%; diabetes is likely culprit
Major Finding: The prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment in the general U.S. adult population rose from 1.4% in 1999-2002 to 1.7% in 2005-...
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Primary care-based diabetes prevention programs reduce BMI
Major Finding: The mean decrease in BMI was 2.2 for the coach-led group intervention and 1.6 for the self-directed individual intervention,...
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New Criteria for Gestational Diabetes Could Swamp Providers
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Statins' Diabetogenic Impact Influenced by Underlying Risks
Major Finding: High-dose atorvastatin raised the relative risk for incident diabetes 24% in patients with two or more diabetes risk factors.Data...
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DPP-4 Inhibitors for Diabetes May Cut Cardiovascular Risk
Major Finding: Patients on a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor to treat their type 2 diabetes had a 49% reduction in the composite end point of...
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In Type 1 Diabetes, Cardiac Measures Improved After Pancreas Transplant
Major Finding: Cardiac morphology and function improved significantly after pancreas-only transplant: Posterior wall thickness and...