FPN || Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders

Is bariatric surgery the right treatment model for obesity?

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 21:10

WASHINGTON – Bariatric surgery has the greatest amount of data demonstrating its efficacy in reducing the comorbidities of obesity, as well as providing a long-term solution to the disease itself,...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

What causes ‘weight fate,’ and is it really inevitable?

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 21:00

WASHINGTON – Young children who are overweight are four times more likely to become obese as they age. Is this a sign that we are fated from youth to be a burden on the health care system, or are...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Adding HbA1c doesn’t improve CVD risk assessment

Posted on: 25/03/2014 - 20:00

Adding hemoglobin A1c level to traditional cardiovascular risk factors doesn’t improve the prediction of incident cardiovascular disease among middle-age and older adults who don’t have...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Fried foods may magnify genetic obesity risk

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 16:10

Frequent consumption of fried foods may exacerbate a genetic predisposition to obesity, according to results from a large cohort study that found a significant interaction between fried food...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

TNFR1 shown as marker for mortality risk in type 2 diabetes with kidney disease

Posted on: 20/03/2014 - 21:05

Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 is an effective marker for all-cause mortality in type 2 diabetes with kidney disease, according to results of a French study. Additionally, TNFR1 was found to add...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Patients with both HIV and HCV have higher hepatic decompensation rates, despite antiretrovirals

Posted on: 17/03/2014 - 21:00

Patients with HCV-HIV coinfections had significantly higher rates of hepatic decompensation vs. HCV-monoinfected patients, even when they received antiretroviral therapy and maintained low HIV RNA...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Mindfulness training shifts diabetic patients off autopilot

Posted on: 17/03/2014 - 17:30

SAN FRANCISCO – Cultivating mindfulness in patients with diabetes is a useful self-help strategy to combat depression and foster healthy habits. "How can you effectively manage yourself if...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

High burden of insulin-related hypoglycemia

Posted on: 10/03/2014 - 20:00

Severe hypoglycemia related to overly "tight" insulin control for type 2 diabetes prompts nearly 100,000 emergency department visits and 30,000 hospitalizations each year and is...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

The future of obesity treatments could include endoscopically placed devices

Posted on: 24/02/2014 - 20:10

WASHINGTON – Endoscopically placed devices that include intragastric balloons and gastrointestinal liners are being evaluated for the treatment of obesity and could eventually fill some of the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

The future of obesity treatments could include endoscopically placed devices

Posted on: 24/02/2014 - 20:10

WASHINGTON – Endoscopically placed devices that include intragastric balloons and gastrointestinal liners are being evaluated for the treatment of obesity and could eventually fill some of the...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

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