Cambridge University

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.

Rheumatology patients and clinicians alike express a “strong” preference for in-person visits rather than telemedicine, citing concerns over reduced assessment accuracy and increased inequality for vulnerable groups, according to data from the U.K.

Postmenopausal women experienced more widespread vertebral bone accrual at the lumbar spine at 12 months of romosozumab treatment compared with teriparatide, according to study data published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Early-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder among youths may affect decision-making because of uncertainty in the environment, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis who received avacopan showed greater recovery of kidney function compared with patients who received prednisone, according to study results presented at ASN Kidney Week.

Adults newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes had a lower long-term risk for cardiovascular disease if they had lower fat intake and higher intake of fiber and vitamin C, according to data published in Diabetic Medicine.

Use of common clinical instruments helped identify progression of Lewy body dementia clinical features like global cognition and parkinsonism during a 6-month observation period, according to findings published in Neurology.

The APOE e4 allele correlated with earlier clinical and biomarker-related changes of Alzheimer’s disease among patients with Down syndrome, according to results from a dual-center cohort study published in JAMA Neurology.

Nicholas J. Wareham, MD, MPH, views his individual achievements as a team effort.

Researchers have developed an algorithm tailored to age that can predict the risk for incident metabolic syndrome among young people with psychosis, according to study results published in The Lancet Psychiatry.