Endocrinology
Clinical Review
Carbonation affects brain processing of sweet stimuli
Major finding: The presence of CO2 produces an overall decrease in neural processing of sweetness-related signals.Data source: A small brain...
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Managing Gestational Diabetes: Let’s Nip It in The Bud
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Ultrasound Helped Reveal High-risk Thyroid Nodules
Major Finding: Three nodule characteristics were significantly associated with cancer risk: presence of microcalcifications (odds ratio, 8.1),...
Clinical Review
When to Worry About Incidental Renal and Adrenal Masses
Greater use of imaging has led to a corresponding rise in the detection of renal and adrenal incidentalomas—and left many primary care physicians...
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Education improved impaired hypoglycemia awareness
Major finding: The median Gold score measuring impaired awareness of hypoglycemia (IAH) dropped significantly among all participants, from 5 at...
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Osteoporosis; Necrosis of Jaw
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Hypoglycemia in diabetes occurs across glycemic control levels
Major finding: The relative risk of hypoglycemia was greatest in those with "near normal" and "very poor" HbA1c levels (RR, 1.25 and 1.16,...
Clinical Review
The chicken or the egg: Obesity or psoriasis?
Major finding: Among 29 children, 93% met criteria for excess adiposity prior to developing psoriasis, and 78% of these were obese before their...
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Metformin bests other antidiabetics in protection from dementia
Major finding: Metformin was associated with a 23% reduction in dementia risk, compared with a thiazolidinedione, and a 21% reduction vs.