THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Longer obesity duration is associated with worse cardiometabolic disease risk factors, according to a study published online Dec. 8 in PLOS Medici...
THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer survivors are at higher risk for comorbidities that are considered risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes, according to a study publishe...
THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Kidney disorders are the strongest preexisting factor associated with COVID-19-related hospitalization, according to a study published online Nov....
THURSDAY, Dec. 10, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Sleep-related impairment among physicians is associated with increased burnout, decreased professional fulfillment, and increased self-reported cl...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of severely obese patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) have diabetes remission, according to a study published onlin...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For women with type 2 diabetes or obesity who are admitted to the hospital with COVID-19, metformin use is associated with significantly reduced m...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 9, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half of U.S. adults do not seek health care for fear of a surprise medical bill, according to a survey released by the American Heart Assoc...
MONDAY, Dec. 7, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Female physicians spend more minutes per day in the electronic health record (EHR) than their male counterparts, according to a research letter publi...
FRIDAY, Dec. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A simple doctor-patient communication technique known as "teach-back" may lower the risk for health complications with diabetes, according to a study...
FRIDAY, Dec. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Remission of obesity-associated complications (OACs) is not dependent on major sustained weight loss in teens undergoing metabolic and bariatric surg...
FRIDAY, Dec. 4, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Medicaid expansion alone has not been enough to improve outcomes for patients with diabetes, according to a study published online Nov. 11 in the Ame...
Data indicate that, depending on the degree of obesity, patients with obesity who are infected with COVID-19 have a 1.3- to 7.4-fold increased risk of requiring critical care when compared w...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- About half of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) have a very high risk for fatal cardiovascular (CV) events, according to a research le...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Among noncritical hospitalized COVID-19 patients, admission hyperglycemia is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality, according to a study...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Women physicians in academic medical centers are less likely than men to be promoted to upper faculty ranks, according to a study published in the...
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- At a Special Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a new policy to advocate for widespread adoptio...
TUESDAY, Dec. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- A green Mediterranean diet, containing even more plant matter and very little red meat or poultry, may be even better for cardiometabolic health tha...
TUESDAY, Dec. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19, the risk for intubation is increased more than fivefold for those with diabetic retinopathy, ...
TUESDAY, Dec. 1, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Industry payments are associated with physician prescribing patterns, according to a systematic review published online Nov. 24 in the Annals of Int...
MONDAY, Nov. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) with optimally managed risk factor control have increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk compared with contro...
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