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Nearly two-thirds of persons aged younger than 50 years who had an acute ischemic stroke had obesity in a study presented at the 2022 International Stroke Conference.

Prior authorization-related delays in care have led to serious patient outcomes, including hospitalization, disability, even death, said one-third of physicians surveyed.

Higher daily step counts by women aged ≥65 years was associated with reduced risk for incident diabetes, an effect that was modified by the level of stepping intensity.

These 42 factors that affect blood glucose are listed in categories including food, activity, and biological influences. Perfect information to share with your patients with T2D.

Tirzepatide at 3 different doses significantly improved glycemic control and promoted weight loss when added to titrated insulin in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Use of SGLT2 inhibitor and GLP-1 RA therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes appears to confer hepatic protection when compared with use of DPP-4 inhibitors.

Greatest improvements in A1c, %TIR, and other glycemic parameters were seen in patients treated with ≤1 medication, in another challenge to current payer restrictions.

Vaccination against flu is the best protection from the infection according to 61% of US adults surveyed by NFID. How do the rest feel about the threat?

Integrating NAFLD as a diabetes complication to be addressed during routine cycles of care could reduce barriers to a NAFLD pathway in primary care, agreed focus group participants.

NYU endocrinologist Brian Levy, MD, offers perspective on keeping the transition from basal insulin to multiple daily injections as simple as possible for patient and provider.

The COVID-19 Omicron variant may cause milder disease than the Delta variant, but its rapid spread in Los Angeles County still singled out unvaccinated Angelinos.

Adverse events seen with resmetirom were similar across dose and placebo groups and there were "significant reductions" seen in liver fat, LDL-C, and ApoB.

Type 2 diabetes patients-and their PCPs-may have trouble moving to basal + mealtime insulin from basal insulin alone. Endocrinologist Brian Levy, MD, offers insights.

New data from the phase 3 NAVIGATOR trial demonstrate superior efficacy of tezepelumab to reduce asthma exacerbations in severe disease year round.

Known as BA.2, the new Omicron subvariant is now circulating at low levels in the US. What can you tell your patients? Here's what we know, now.

The psychiatrist-author of "Coping with COVID-19: The Mental, Medical, and Social Consequences of the Pandemic," talks frankly about the pandemic's long-term impact on American health.

Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, MD, hopes the approval will help motivate more Americans to get vaccinated.

Hospitalization rates for men with hypertensive crisis were higher vs for women, but odds of death during hospitalization decreased for both sexes between 2004-2014.

In persons who received both the HZV and Tdap vaccines, a significant 50% reduction in risk of dementia was seen, suggesting a nonspecific underlying association.

Results of a new study that used early clinical surrogate markers of metabolic disease find women at greater risk related to suboptimal sleep.

The CDC update recommends that clinicians advise all sexually active patients about PrEP and includes a new section on prescribing injectable bimonthly cabotegravir.

Dr Ahmad's book explores in depth the complex long-term consequences of COVID-19 for medicine, mental health, and social conventions.

The highest percentage of youth without a high school diploma is in New Mexico and the youth poverty rate is highest in DC. More red flag indicators follow.

Funds will be used to develop institutional and community programs that target high stress health care work environments, already strained before the pandemic.

Americans with anxiety, depression, and PTSD would be willing to try ketamine, psilocybin, and MDMA if they worked better than traditional medications, a Harris Poll finds.

Glucose and insulin levels decreased after just 3 minutes of the moderate-intensity exercise, a promising finding for those with type 2 diabetes, say authors of a new study.

Coronary heart disease prevalence in the US between 2011 and 2018 saw a statistically insignificant change, from 6.2% to 6.0%, respectively.

Donna Ryan, MD, wishes for universal understanding of obesity as a serious chronic disease, for a start. Her other wishes are equally ambitious.

Use of continuous glucose monitoring to assess time in target glucose range in T2D patients was evaluated in a systematic literature review covering ~14 000 participants.

California on Jan 1 became the first state to require insurance coverage for at-home testing for sexually transmitted infections; it isn't smooth sailing, yet.