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September 14, 2022
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Type 1 diabetes raises risks for depression, anxiety for children, adolescents

Type 1 diabetes raises risks for depression, anxiety for children, adolescents

Children with type 1 diabetes have elevated risks for developing depression, anxiety and stress-related disorders, according to study data.

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September 14, 2022
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Lower costs with ambulatory fludrocortisone suppression test vs. in-patient testing

Lower costs with ambulatory fludrocortisone suppression test vs. in-patient testing

Ambulatory fludrocortisone suppression testing for primary aldosteronism has similar accuracy compared with in-patient fludrocortisone suppression testing but with significantly lower health care costs, according to study data.

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August 22, 2022
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Mortality risk higher with sleeve gastrectomy vs. gastric bypass for adults with diabetes

Mortality risk higher with sleeve gastrectomy vs. gastric bypass for adults with diabetes

Adults in Finland and Sweden with diabetes who underwent sleeve gastrectomy were more likely to die from any cause compared with those who underwent gastric bypass, according to a study published in Diabetes Care.

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July 06, 2022
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Bereavement may increase HF mortality risk

Bereavement may increase HF mortality risk

The death of a close family member was associated with increased risk for death among people with HF, with risk highest during the first week after the loss, according to findings from a Swedish register-based study.

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May 13, 2022
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Future of lupus management may require further disease subdivision

Future of lupus management may require further disease subdivision

DESTIN, Fla. — Systemic lupus erythematosus may benefit from being redefined and further subdivided, depending on the autoantibody profile of the patient, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East 2022.

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May 12, 2022
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Nephritis, phospholipid antibodies contribute to cardiovascular risk in lupus

Nephritis, phospholipid antibodies contribute to cardiovascular risk in lupus

DESTIN, Fla. — Nephritis and phospholipid antibodies should be considered as contributors to cardiovascular disease risk in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

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March 10, 2022
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Reintervention rates vary among surgical aortic valves

Reintervention rates vary among surgical aortic valves

Rates of reintervention and other outcomes varied widely across surgical aortic valve models, with the Perimount models having the best performance, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

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January 20, 2022
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Bereavement over loss of child linked to increased stroke risk

Bereavement over loss of child linked to increased stroke risk

Bereavement-related stress, particularly from the death of a child, may slightly increase risk for stroke, according to a bi-national, population-based cohort study published in Neurology.

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January 20, 2022
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Maternal eating disorders increase risk for ADHD, autism spectrum disorders in offspring

Maternal eating disorders increase risk for ADHD, autism spectrum disorders in offspring

Children born to mothers with active eating disorders during pregnancy demonstrated an elevated risk for developing ADHD and autism spectrum disorders, according to a Swedish population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

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January 20, 2022
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Biosimilar, originator DMARDs exhibit no differences in treatment retention

Biosimilar, originator DMARDs exhibit no differences in treatment retention

There are no clinically relevant differences in treatment retention among patients receiving biosimilar or originator biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs as first exposure to that drug, data published in Rheumatology show.

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