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LAS VEGAS — Patients who underwent forearm fasciotomy for treatment of acute compartment syndrome experienced poor outcomes when they had elevated serum creatine kinase, according to results presented at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand Annual Meeting.

Children who are obese or overweight may be at higher risk for kidney alterations and kidney disease risk factors, a recently published cross-sectional study suggests.

Use of extended hemodialysis without dietary restrictions may lead to positive effects of maintained or increased BMI and an increased rate of survival, according to recently published findings.

Incorporating an obesity medication regimen into a weight loss program can help adults with obesity reduce weight more effectively than nonpharmacologic approaches, especially if patients start taking the medications early, according to findings published in Obesity Science and Practice.

Among postmenopausal Korean women with stable chest pain undergoing elective, invasive coronary angiography, central obesity, but not overall obesity, appeared associated with greater likelihood of obstructive coronary artery disease, according to findings published in Menopause.

According to recently published results, mechanically out-of-range alignment was linked with higher tibial component migration after total knee arthroplasty.

According to recently published results, mechanically out-of-range alignment was linked with higher tibial component migration after total knee arthroplasty.

Nearly 1 in 3 parents who were eligible for the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program also had at least one child who was overweight or obese, according to findings recently published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. The results show that the nationwide program can be leveraged to reach high-risk children, researchers said.

PHILADELPHIA — The oral calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonist ubrogepant provided better pain relief than triptans in patients with migraine, according to study results presented at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

General adiposity and abdominal adiposity were strongly linked to premature death in Mexican adults, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.