Endocrinology
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When to Screen for Celiac Disease in Hypothyroidism
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Motivational Interviewing by Primary Care Providers Promotes Weight Loss
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Significant Improvements in Adherence, Blood Pressure, and LDL Cholesterol with Polypill
Major finding: A four-drug polypill significantly improves adherence, and reduces blood pressure and LDL cholesterol in patients with existing...
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Salt Targets Could Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Burden and Health Expenditures
Major finding: South African salt targets of less than 5 g/day could reduce cardiovascular mortality by 11% and significantly decrease out-of-...
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NAFLD Mortality Higher in Normal Weight Patients
Major finding: Among 483 patients with liver biopsies before 2005, 9 of the 32 (28%) lean patients died, compared with 62 of the 451 (14%) who...
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Vitamin D Deficiency Predicts Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Major finding: Vitamin D deficiency was strongly associated with a biopsy finding of prostate cancer among African Americans (odds ratio, 2.43),...
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Anemia, A1C, and Rhabdomyolysis
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Complication Rates Decline Among Diabetes Patients
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Improve Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes
Major finding: At week 24, adjusted mean change in HbA1c was –0.77% for patients treated with 25 mg empagliflozin vs.
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Alterations in Taste, Smell Common After Gastric Bypass
Major finding: 73% of patients reported a change in taste and 42% a change in smell after gastric bypass surgery, including many who said that...