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Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked to the National Death Index on a nationally representative sample of... »
Pediatric Approval of Long-Acting Insulin Expanded
The long-acting recombinant human insulin analog marketed as Levemir has been approved for children aged 2-5 years with type 1 diabetes, the manufacturer has announced. Levemir (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection) was previously approved for people with type 1 diabetes aged 6 years through... »
Obesity Linked to More Advanced and More Aggressive Thyroid Cancer
Patients who are obese are more likely than are normal-weight patients to present with advanced papillary thyroid cancer and to have an aggressive subtype of the malignancy, according to a report published online May 21 in the Archives of Surgery. The reasons for these adverse findings are not yet... »
Conferences
Iron Deficiency Anemia 'Unintended Consequence' of Gastric Bypass
SAN DIEGO – About one-quarter of patients referred to a private hematology practice had iron deficiency associated with gastric bypass surgery. In addition, 57% demonstrated symptoms of pica syndrome – a craving for and... »
Recent Diabetes Increases Breast Cancer Risk
SAN ANTONIO – Diagnosis of diabetes within the prior 4 years was independently associated with breast cancer in a Swedish case-control study. Dr. Håkan Olsson reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on all... »
Remote Weight-Loss Program Effective Long-Term
ORLANDO – Obese patients coached solely over the phone and Internet lost as much weight as did those counseled in person, according to the findings of a prospective, randomized controlled trial. Moreover, both groups... »
SAN DIEGO – About one-quarter of patients referred to a private hematology practice had iron deficiency associated with gastric bypass surgery. In addition, 57% demonstrated symptoms of pica syndrome – a craving for and... »
Recent Diabetes Increases Breast Cancer Risk
SAN ANTONIO – Diagnosis of diabetes within the prior 4 years was independently associated with breast cancer in a Swedish case-control study. Dr. Håkan Olsson reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on all... »
Remote Weight-Loss Program Effective Long-Term
ORLANDO – Obese patients coached solely over the phone and Internet lost as much weight as did those counseled in person, according to the findings of a prospective, randomized controlled trial. Moreover, both groups... »
News
Substantial Declines in Excess Mortality Seen in Diabetes Patients
Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked... »
Pediatric Approval of Long-Acting Insulin Expanded
The long-acting recombinant human insulin analog marketed as Levemir has been approved for children aged 2-5 years with type 1 diabetes, the manufacturer has announced. Levemir (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection) was... »
Obesity Linked to More Advanced and More Aggressive Thyroid Cancer
Patients who are obese are more likely than are normal-weight patients to present with advanced papillary thyroid cancer and to have an aggressive subtype of the malignancy, according to a report published online May 21 in... »
Excess all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality dropped substantially among adults with diabetes between 1997 and 2006, according to a report in Diabetes Care. Data from the National Health Interview Surveys linked... »
Pediatric Approval of Long-Acting Insulin Expanded
The long-acting recombinant human insulin analog marketed as Levemir has been approved for children aged 2-5 years with type 1 diabetes, the manufacturer has announced. Levemir (insulin detemir [rDNA origin] injection) was... »
Obesity Linked to More Advanced and More Aggressive Thyroid Cancer
Patients who are obese are more likely than are normal-weight patients to present with advanced papillary thyroid cancer and to have an aggressive subtype of the malignancy, according to a report published online May 21 in... »
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Metformin Monotherapy Fails 50% of Children With Type 2 Diabetes
BOSTON – For about half of children with type 2 diabetes, metformin alone is not enough to produce durable glycemic control, a study has shown. The TODAY trial found that 52% of children failed monotherapy – many by 11... »
Bariatric Surgery Bests Medication In Obese Diabetics
CHICAGO – Bariatric surgery crushed intensive medical therapy for the management of hyperglycemia in a randomized trial involving obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. "The lesson of this study is... »
Long-Acting Opioids May Trigger Hypogonadism
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – Low testosterone levels were nearly five times more likely in men on long-acting or sustained-release opioids, compared with equipotent short-acting or immediate-release formulations, judging from... »
BOSTON – For about half of children with type 2 diabetes, metformin alone is not enough to produce durable glycemic control, a study has shown. The TODAY trial found that 52% of children failed monotherapy – many by 11... »
Bariatric Surgery Bests Medication In Obese Diabetics
CHICAGO – Bariatric surgery crushed intensive medical therapy for the management of hyperglycemia in a randomized trial involving obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes. "The lesson of this study is... »
Long-Acting Opioids May Trigger Hypogonadism
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – Low testosterone levels were nearly five times more likely in men on long-acting or sustained-release opioids, compared with equipotent short-acting or immediate-release formulations, judging from... »
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A 'Health Shock' for Youth With Diabetes
While the financial impact of diabetes on the delivery of medicine and related health care is a popular area of research, the nonmedical implications for young adults "have gone virtually unexplored," lead... »
H. pylori and Diabetes, Infections and Chronic Disease
Attend a big infectious diseases meeting and it’s easy to start thinking, at least for a few days, that infections lie at the root of most human disorders. In a colder light, that may seem a lot less likely, but at the... »
Optimism About UN Noncommunicable Disease Summit
The noncommunicable disease community is unlikely to get everything it was hoping for out of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs next week, but its leading spokesperson is upbeat nonetheless. “Even if nothing... »
While the financial impact of diabetes on the delivery of medicine and related health care is a popular area of research, the nonmedical implications for young adults "have gone virtually unexplored," lead... »
H. pylori and Diabetes, Infections and Chronic Disease
Attend a big infectious diseases meeting and it’s easy to start thinking, at least for a few days, that infections lie at the root of most human disorders. In a colder light, that may seem a lot less likely, but at the... »
Optimism About UN Noncommunicable Disease Summit
The noncommunicable disease community is unlikely to get everything it was hoping for out of the United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs next week, but its leading spokesperson is upbeat nonetheless. “Even if nothing... »
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| May 19 - 24 Atlanta, GA | American Urological Association (AUA): Annual Meeting |
| May 19 - 23 Stockholm, | European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS): Annual Congress |
| May 20 - 23 Brisbane, | Australasian College of Dermatologists: Annual Scientific Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 San Antonio, TX | American Pediatric Surgical Association (APSA): Annual Meeting |
| May 20 - 23 Washington, DC | American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP): Leadership & Advocacy Conference |
| May 21 - 23 Nice, | 12th International Review of Bipolar Disorders (IRBD 12) |
| May 21 - 25 Sarasota, FL | American Medical Seminars: Cardiology Update in Primary Care |
| May 22 - 25 Lisbon, | 21st European Stroke Conference |
| May 23 - 27 Philadelphia, PA | American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE): Annual Meeting and Clinical Congress |