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Diabetic neuropathic pain linked to brain bioenergic anomalies
Changes in mitochondrial activity in pain-processing areas of the brain may help explain why some persons with diabetes experience painful...
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Substance in tears could be used for diabetes monitoring
Measuring glycoalbumin in tears could someday be a way for patients with diabetes to monitor their glucose levels noninvasively.
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Time to screen for liver disease in type 2 diabetes?
Questions remain on whether or not liver surveillance should be routine in people with type 2 diabetes.
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Exercise cuts diabetes death risk by a third in two studies
Results of two new studies provide further evidence that exercise reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in those with type 2 diabetes.
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No prior use of insulin predicts postsurgical diabetes remission
No insulin use before bariatric surgery was associated with sustained diabetes remission 10 years later in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Vascular dementia risk particularly high in type 2 diabetes
A 35% higher risk for vascular dementia was seen in people with type 2 diabetes versus those without; other dementia types were increased or...
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis heart risk higher than expected
Cardiovascular disease, most notably myocardial infarction, occurs in more people with DISH than is predicted by the Framingham Risk Score.
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Canakinumab (Ilaris) tapering tested in systemic JIA trial
Reducing or extending the frequency of canakinumab over 6 months enabled children to maintain complete clinical remission and some to stop...
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How prostate cancer treatments affect quality of life
A quality of life study showed that urinary incontinence and sexual function were worse with certain treatments.
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Better continence rate gives robotic prostatectomy the edge
A large trial confirms early continence is better with a robotic rather than classical laparoscopic approach.
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NSAID continuation linked to less knee OA pain
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs continue to reduce knee osteoarthritis pain more than 3 months after starting treatment.
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Robotic renal surgery bests open partial nephrectomy
Fewer complications were seen during and after surgery when partial nephrectomy was performed using robotic assistance versus an open procedure....
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Bisphosphonates may have limited ‘protective’ effect against knee OA progression
Women who used bisphosphonates were half as likely as those who did not to experience radiographic progression at 2-year follow up.