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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness More Common in Obese Children With Habitual Snoring
A study shows that the likelihood of excessive daytime sleepiness in obese children is greater vs nonobese children at any given level of severity of obstructive sleep apnea.
Medscape Medical News, January 2009
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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness More Common in Obese Children With Habitual Snoring
A study shows that the likelihood of excessive daytime sleepiness in obese children is greater vs nonobese children at any given level of severity of obstructive sleep apnea.
Medscape Medical News, January 2009
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Favorable Stroke Trends Seen Among Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Subjects
Results of a study published in the December issue of Stroke document improvements in the incidence of stroke and in stroke fatality among non-diabetic and diabetic subjects, to varying degrees.
Reuters Health Information, January 2009
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Turner Syndrome Tied to Increased Mortality
Turner syndrome, the most commonly diagnosed sex chromosome abnormality in women, not only leads to substantial morbidity but is also associated with increased mortality, according to UK researchers.
Reuters Health Information, January 2009
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Gestational Diabetes Risk Tied to Ethnicity, Socioeconomics
Gestational diabetes mellitus is an increasingly prevalent risk factor for the subsequent development of type 2 diabetes, and ethnicity and socioeconomic status appear to considerably influence the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus, Australian researchers report in the December issue of Diabetes Care.
Reuters Health Information, January 2009
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Sexual Dysfunction in Morbidly Obese Men Improves After Gastric Bypass
Sexual dysfunction that commonly occurs in morbidly obese men improves after gastric bypass surgery, according to a new report.
Reuters Health Information, January 2009
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Long-Term, Low-Dose Aspirin May Not Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in Healthy Women
In a randomized controlled trial, long-term low-dose aspirin did not prevent the development of clinical type 2 diabetes in initially healthy women.
Medscape Medical News, December 2008
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Long-Term, Low-Dose Aspirin May Not Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in Healthy Women
In a randomized controlled trial, long-term low-dose aspirin did not prevent the development of clinical type 2 diabetes in initially healthy women.
Medscape Medical News, December 2008
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Extremely Obese Diabetic Teens May Benefit From Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
A study shows significant weight loss, reduced cardiovascular risk factors, and remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus in extremely obese diabetic adolescents after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
Medscape Medical News, December 2008
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Extremely Obese Diabetic Teens May Benefit From Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
A study shows significant weight loss, reduced cardiovascular risk factors, and remission of type 2 diabetes mellitus in extremely obese diabetic adolescents after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
Medscape Medical News, December 2008
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White Coat Hypertension Not Benign in Diabetics
White-coat hypertension appears to increase the risk of microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes, Brazilian researchers report in the December issue of Diabetes Care.
Reuters Health Information, December 2008
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Automated Telephone Counseling May Help Parents Reduce the Weight of Overweight Children
In a randomized controlled trial, automated telephone counseling helped support the parents of overweight children in reducing the extent to which their children are overweight.
Medscape Medical News, December 2008
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Glucose Variability Less With Insulin Glargine vs NPH/Lente in Children With Type 1 Diabetes
In a randomized, open-label study of pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes, insulin glargine was associated with greater reductions in glucose variability vs NPH/Lente insulin.
Medscape Medical News, December 2008
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Fatty Liver Disease May Resolve With Bariatric Surgery-Induced Weight Loss
In obese individuals, weight loss after bariatric surgery leads to significant improvement or complete resolution of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the majority of patients.
Reuters Health Information, December 2008
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Glucose Variability Less With Insulin Glargine vs NPH/Lente in Children With Type 1 Diabetes
In a randomized, open-label study of pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes, insulin glargine was associated with greater reductions in glucose variability vs NPH/Lente insulin.
Medscape Medical News, December 2008
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Heart-Failure Risk Climbs With Increasing Body Weight, Even for the "Preobese"
The Physicians' Health Study shows that the risk for heart failure is high for obese participants but is still increased by approximately half for participants who are only overweight.
Medscape Medical News, December 2008
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Bone Density Increases From DHEA Replacement Seen Mediated by Estrogens
Increases in bone mineral density (BMD) resulting from oral dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) replacement therapy in older adults are mediated by higher levels of serum estradiol, rather than by testosterone or insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), or directly by DHEA sulfate, report researchers at the University of Colorado Denver, in Aurora.
Reuters Health Information, December 2008
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Laronidase Effective Long-Term for Mucopolysaccharidosis I
In adults and children with the life-threatening lysosomal storage disease, mucopolysaccharidosis I (MPS I), enzyme replacement therapy with recombinant human alpha-L-iduronidase (laronidase) is safe and effective over 4 years of treatment, according to results of an extension study appearing in the January 2009 issue of Pediatrics.
Reuters Health Information, December 2008
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Economic Blues Trickle Down to Physicians
Physicians are feeling the pinch of the recession; bolstered Medicaid and Medicare spending and improved marketing may help in 2009.
Medscape Medical News, December 2008
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Screening for Thyroid Cancer Worthwhile in Some Childhood Cancer Survivors
While ultrasound screening for thyroid cancer in the general population is not cost-effective and may lead to unnecessary surgery, it is worthwhile in childhood cancer survivors who received radiotherapy involving the head, neck, or upper thorax, according to Italian researchers.
Reuters Health Information, December 2008
