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Breast cancer survivors who harbor BRCA gene mutation are at elevated risk for second primary cancers, according to study results.

Adults who eat greater amounts of meat may have increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes, according to data published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

DALLAS —Behavioral weight management combined with diabetes education is linked to greater weight loss and a higher likelihood for diabetes remission for adults with new-onset type 2 diabetes, according to two speakers at ObesityWeek.

Compared with simple or no surgery, hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was associated with reduced risks for ovarian and breast cancer for some women, but increased risks for colorectal cancer and CVD, researchers reported.

Fast-acting insulin aspart delivered through a hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system provided similar glycemic outcomes as standard insulin aspart for young children with type 1 diabetes, according to study data.

SAN DIEGO — For individuals, a change in depressive symptoms was associated with change in body weight, and the association was stronger for those with overweight or obesity than those with a normal BMI, according to study data.

Six Boston area hospitals will recruit more than 900 participants for a multiyear study of the effects of long COVID.

Pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 appeared associated with increased risks for prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, male breast cancer and possibly stomach cancer, according to research published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Young children with type 1 diabetes had better time in range and lower mean HbA1c while using a hybrid closed-loop insulin delivery system compared with sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy, according to study data.

Adults with severe obesity due to a melanocortin‐4 receptor deficiency have a longer gastric emptying time and lower peptide YY levels compared with age- and BMI-matched controls, according to study data.