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Insulin perturbations seen in nondiabetic patients with NAFLD

Posted on: 18/05/2014 - 15:45

LAS VEGAS – Nondiabetic patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease already have insulin perturbations putting them on track for a variety of more serious health conditions, new data show. In a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Insulin perturbations seen in nondiabetic patients with NAFLD

Posted on: 18/05/2014 - 15:45

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Liraglutide gains clout as weight loss agent for overweight, nondiabetic patients

Posted on: 18/05/2014 - 13:25

LAS VEGAS – The antidiabetic drug liraglutide (Victoza) promotes weight loss in overweight and obese individuals who do not have diabetes, according to results from a randomized trial reported on May...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

In obesity and knee OA, weight loss is a big win

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 20:45

PARIS – Weight loss of more than 5% produced clinically meaningful improvements in knee osteoarthritis, even when final body mass index remained high, a large, community-based study has shown. For...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery sliced asthma inhaler use

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 22:35

MADRID – Morbidly obese asthmatics may require less inhaler therapy after bariatric surgery, a retrospective chart review and longitudinal cohort study suggests. Among patients who used any form of...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Eccentric exercise tamed elevated liver enzymes

Posted on: 15/05/2014 - 15:55

WASHINGTON – Eccentric exercise in the form of downhill walking is a promising new means of reducing elevated liver enzyme levels in overweight and obese sedentary individuals. This finding...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

NAFLD mortality higher in normal weight patients

Posted on: 04/05/2014 - 20:45

Lean patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease had a higher overall mortality than did overweight or obese patients with NAFLD, according to a review of 1,090 biopsy-confirmed patients in the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Statin users eat more, gain more weight during 1999-2010

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 21:00

U.S. adults who take statins consumed 14.4% more fat and 9.6% more calories in 1999-2000 than a decade earlier, while the prevalence of statin use more than doubled during that time, investigators...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

High animal protein intake linked to later diabetes

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 18:55

High dietary intake of animal protein was associated with a modestly elevated risk of type 2 diabetes among women in an international case-control study published online in Diabetes...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

High animal protein intake linked to later diabetes

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 18:55

High dietary intake of animal protein was associated with a modestly elevated risk of type 2 diabetes among women in an international case-control study published online in Diabetes...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Insulin perturbations seen in nondiabetic patients with NAFLD

Insulin perturbations seen in nondiabetic patients with NAFLD

Liraglutide gains clout as weight loss agent for overweight, nondiabetic patients

In obesity and knee OA, weight loss is a big win

Bariatric surgery sliced asthma inhaler use

Eccentric exercise tamed elevated liver enzymes

NAFLD mortality higher in normal weight patients

Statin users eat more, gain more weight during 1999-2010

High animal protein intake linked to later diabetes

High animal protein intake linked to later diabetes

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