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Alterations in taste, smell common after gastric bypass

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 14:45

Alterations in taste and smell, including aversions to many foods, are common following gastric bypass surgery, according to a report published online in Obesity Surgery. Most of the literature...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Alterations in taste, smell common after gastric bypass

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 14:45

Alterations in taste and smell, including aversions to many foods, are common following gastric bypass surgery, according to a report published online in Obesity Surgery. Most of the literature...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Better blood pressure, glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes on CPAP for apnea

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 20:34

Treatment with continuous positive airway pressure leads to significantly better diabetes and blood pressure control at 5 years among diabetics with obstructive sleep apnea, according to results from...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Complication rates decline among diabetes patients

Posted on: 16/04/2014 - 22:00

The rate of diabetes-related myocardial infarction has fallen almost 68% since 1990, according to an analysis of several federal data sources. From 1990 to 2010, the rate of acute MI among adults...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

FDA approves GLP-1 receptor agonist albiglutide for type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 21:15

Albiglutide, a once-weekly subcutaneous injection, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration to improve glycemic control, in conjunction with diet and exercise in type 2...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Increasing maternal BMI raises fetal, infant death risk

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 21:00

Increasing maternal body mass index shows a moderate to strong dose-response relationship with increasing risks of fetal death, stillbirth, neonatal death, perinatal death, and infant death,...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Increasing maternal BMI raises fetal, infant death risk

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 21:00

Increasing maternal body mass index shows a moderate to strong dose-response relationship with increasing risks of fetal death, stillbirth, neonatal death, perinatal death, and infant death,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Weekly exenatide shows long-term efficacy in type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 17:30

In patents with type 2 diabetes, weekly injections with exenatide controlled hemoglobin A1c levels more effectively than did daily glargine over a 3-year period, investigators reported...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

FDA panel backs approval of inhaled insulin for type 1 and 2 diabetes

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 17:40

HYATTSVILLE, MD. – Inhaled insulin will probably become available as a treatment option again, with a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel’s recommendation to approve an orally administered...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery’s benefit persists in type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 14:30

WASHINGTON – Bariatric surgery combined with intensive medical therapy had a significantly greater impact on glycemic control, compared with medical therapy alone, in a <link...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

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