Lipid Disorders
Conference Coverage
Liraglutide effective against weight regain after gastric bypass
In a randomized controlled trial of patients who regained weight after a gastric bypass, 69% of patients given liraglutide lost at least 5% of...
Conference Coverage
‘If obesity were diabetes or cancer, how would you approach it?’
There’s so much misinformation about obesity, says an expert. ‘People think it’s a lack of willpower, and even patients blame themselves for not...
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AHA dietary guidance cites structural challenges to heart-healthy patterns
The American Heart Association urges Americans to protect their health through better nutrition, while recognizing the numerous obstacles that...
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‘Green’ Mediterranean diet benefits may arise from ‘hunger hormone’
Greater increases in fasting ghrelin associated with improved metabolic benefits seen with plant-enhanced Mediterranean diet. But one commentator...
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SURPASS-4: ‘Twincretin’ tirzepatide surpasses insulin glargine in pivotal trial
Tirzepatide, a single-molecule, dual receptor agonist, maintained its pivotal-trial win streak in its fifth and final randomized test before...
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Researchers parse which patients with T2D need SGLT2 inhibition
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Antithrombotic therapy not warranted in COVID-19 outpatients
In stable patients with COVID-19, use of aspirin or apixaban did not reduce the rate of the composite of all-cause mortality, thromboembolism, MI...
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Drink up: Large study confirms coffee beneficial to liver health
“This is the closest we’re ever going to get to a linkage between what people are eating or drinking and the health of their liver.”
Conference Coverage
Estimating insulin resistance may help predict stroke, death in T2D
The estimated glucose disposal rate may be useful way to determine first stroke risk in type 2 diabetes.
Conference Coverage
Dropping weight beneficial but some effects of obesity persist
People with healthy BMIs who report former obesity have a lingering, elevated prevalence of type 2 diabetes, according to data from a series of...
Feature
White House unveils plan to combat endocrine-disrupting PFAS pollution
The Biden administration announces actions by federal agencies to protect Americans from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.