People with diabetes might need to exercise caution when it comes to long-term use of calcium supplements. Calcium supplement use to prevent osteoporotic fractures is common among the general public, explains Gang Liu, PhD. “While the association...
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The following is a summary of “Association between triglyceride-glucose index and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio and all-cause mortality in the general US population: NHANES 2001-2018,” published in the November 2024 issue of Endocrinology by Wang et al. The...
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Biomarkers Help Identify Patients With T2D at Risk for CVD
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