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ATLANTA — Adults with overweight or obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, had a significant reduction in liver fat and inflammation with daily subcutaneous growth hormone administration, according to a speaker.

CHICAGO — Patients with high-deductible health plans experienced delays in detection of metastatic cancer, according to results of an observational study presented during ASCO Annual Meeting.

ATLANTA — Presence of diabetes and worse glycemic control were not associated with breast cancer outcomes until 8 years of follow-up, when survival rates worsened for patients with diabetes, according to study data.

ATLANTA — Male runners are more likely to have lower tibial bone mineral density and strength compared with nonathletes, according to a presenter at ENDO 2022.

NEW ORLEANS — Adults and children with type 1 diabetes who used an insulin-only bionic pancreas had reduced HbA1c without increasing hypoglycemia and other improved metrics compared with standard of care, researchers reported.

Both visual and quantitative CT assessments of emphysema were associated with greater odds of lung cancer, researchers reported in Radiology.

Asthma and related allergies are sometimes risk factors for CVD, and the two conditions share common mechanisms, according to a review.

Among the many unanswered questions about calcium pyrophosphate deposition — formerly called “pseudogout” — perhaps the most important is whether it causes osteoarthritis, a speaker said at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

Rheumatologists are likely to be at the “forefront” of diagnosing scleroderma skin disorders and other dermatological conditions, a speaker said at Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

DESTIN, Fla. — Hydroxychloroquine may no longer be the optimal treatment option for systemic dermatomyositis, according to data presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.