Obesity
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Study hints at obesity paradox in older women with coronary artery disease
Major finding: Women who were underweight and maintained their weight had a significant, 2.15-fold increase in mortality, compared with normal-...
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Bariatric surgery cuts long-term diabetes complications
Major finding: At 20-years follow-up, the incidence of microvascular complications was cut 54% in bariatric surgery patients compared with...
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Drug combo tops sequential therapy in new-onset diabetes
Major finding: Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients who took a triple-drug therapy were 84% less likely to fail treatment by 24 months than...
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AHA: Docs must tackle patient smoking, obesity, poor diet, and inactivity
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Unique daptomycin dosing studied in obese patients with VRE bacteremia
Major finding: The rate of clinical cure was similar between obese patients with vancomycin-resistant enterococcal bacteremia who received...
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Advise lifestyle change to obese but metabolically healthy women
Major finding: Women with metabolic disorders had a fourfold increase in cardiovascular disease risk, regardless of their body mass index. Data...
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Medicare drops certification requirement for bariatric surgery
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HDL hypothesis takes yet another hit
Major finding: The investigational oral HDL-raising agent RVX-208 reduced percent atheroma volume as measured by IVUS by 40% from baseline, a...
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Healthy weight-related behaviors in teens increased, but so did BMI
Major Finding: Despite an increase in physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and daily breakfasts in addition to a decrease in TV...
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Fibroblast growth factor 21 promising in treating metabolic disorders
Major finding: Patients with type 2 diabetes who received fibroblast growth factor 21 responded with 40%-50% reductions in serum triglycerides...