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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

Diet, exercise in prediabetes may prevent long-term progression and mortality

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 23:10

A 6-year program of diet, exercise, or both helped delay the onset of diabetes in adults, and had significant mortality benefits for women 23 years later, researchers reported online in the Lancet...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Newcomer misses noninferiority mark against established GLP-1 receptor agonist

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 19:20

Once-daily liraglutide slightly outperformed once-weekly albiglutide in a head-to-head trial in adults with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, researchers reported in the April issue of the Lancet...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

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

'Favorable signal' for secondary coronary prevention in STABILITY

Posted on: 08/04/2014 - 16:50

WASHINGTON – A novel pharmacologic approach to the prevention of ischemic events in patients with stable coronary heart disease failed to reduce the combined risk of cardiovascular death, acute...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

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

VIDEO: Novel drug misses mark for MI prevention, but shows promise

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 19:05

WASHINGTON – In the large STABILITY trial, darapladib did not significantly reduce the primary endpoint of cardiovascular death, MI, or stroke in patients with stable coronary disease. The novel...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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

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

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