ENDO: Diabetes Diminishes Weight Loss Effect of Bariatric Surgery
Those without diabetes had increased odds of achieving 50 percent or more excess body-weight loss
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Meeting Coverage
ENDO: Thyroid Hormone Use May Up Mortality Risk in Older Adults
Increased risk for death seen for visits on LT4 versus those with isolated elevated TSH who were untreated
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Conference Highlights: NKF 2020
New research was virtually presented at NKF 2020, the Spring Clinical Meetings of the National...
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ENDO: HbA1c Tied to Cognition in T2DM Patients After Lacunar Stroke
Increase in HbA1c over time linked to decrease in Cognitive Assessment Screening Instrument score
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ACC: Increase Seen in Death Rates Due to Hypertension-Related CVD
2007 to 2017 saw increase in death rates in rural and urban populations, for all age groups, both sexes
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ACC: E-Cigarette Use Continues to Rise
Authors say long-term health consequences remain unknown
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ACC: Statins Cut Heart Failure Risk in Early Breast Cancer Treatment
Risk for heart failure hospital visit declined with statins for women receiving anthracyclines, trastuzumab
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ACC: Many Seniors Hospitalized for Heart Failure Not Tested for CAD
Rates of testing for coronary artery disease higher for heart failure patients with LVEF ≤40 percent
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AAN 2020: Vision Problems May Be Common In People with Parkinson’s Disease
Vision and eye problems like blurry vision, dry eyes, trouble with depth perception, and problems...
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AAN 2020: Walking, Gardening, Swimming, Dancing May Prevent Brain Shrinkage in Older Adults
o May 1, 2020. The effect of exercise was equal to four fewer years of brain aging. The study used...
Read MoreAAN 2020: Vision Problems May be Common in People with Parkinson’s Disease
Vision and eye problems like blurry vision, dry eyes, trouble with depth perception, and problems adjusting to rapid changes in light are much more common in people with Parkinson’s disease than in people without the disorder,...
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AAN 2020: Study Finds They May Need Education, Support
Children and teens with family members with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, help with...
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Conference Highlights: AAAAI 2020
New research was to be presented at AAAAI 2020, the American Academy of Allergy Asthma &...
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AAN 2020: Hypersomnolence in Elderly Linked to Medical Conditions
Hypersomnolence linked to increased risk for developing diabetes, cancer, HTN three years later
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AAN 2020: Cardiovascular Health in 20s Impacts Later Cognition
Cardiovascular health in young adulthood linked to better dynamic cerebral autoregulation in later life
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Psych Congress 2019 – Clinical Challenge Quiz!
For four sunny days in San Diego, hundreds of mental health providers came together at Psych...
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Olanzapine Weight Gain Attenuated with Samidorphan
Waist circumference also less with combo SAN DIEGO — Olanzapine is a very effective atypical...
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FDA Approves Novel Transdermal Formulation of Asenapine, Presented at Psych Congress 2019ial
Oct 19, 2019 UPDATE: Officials from the FDA have approved Noven Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s asenapine...
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Highlights from Psych Congress 2019 Posters
Taming TD; Transdermal Rx; Small-Town Solutions; Integrated Care SAN DIEGO — Tardive dyskinesia...
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Tardive dyskinesia, a Stigmatizing Side-Effect
Tardive dyskinesia (TD) is a common side-effect experienced by persons with schizophrenia who are...
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