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CVD remains leading cause of death globally
A multinational collaborative report of global disease trends and risk factors shows CVD remains the leading cause of death and hypertension remains the leading modifiable risk factor for premature CV death worldwide, researchers reported.
Progressive beta cell dysfunction may be primary driver of impaired glucose tolerance
Loss of beta cell function serves as the basis for progression from normal glucose tolerance to impaired glucose tolerance, but insulin clearance may not be a major factor in the development of dysglycemia, according to a speaker.
New-onset CKD in diabetes highest among racial, ethnic minorities in US
New-onset chronic kidney disease among U.S. adults with diabetes was highest among racial and ethnic minorities compared with white individuals, according to findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Time to positivity, strength of positivity may help determine positive cultures during RSA
Results found consistent rates of culture positivity for Cutibacterium during revision shoulder arthroplasty in samples with high bacterial loads, while time to positivity and a strength of positivity helped determine true positives.
Significant weight loss among patients with hypothalamic obesity seen with setmelanotide
SAN DIEGO — Treatment with the melanocortin-4 receptor agonist setmelanotide was associated with significant weight loss among patients with hypothalamic obesity, according to a presenter at ObesityWeek.
Reduce carbohydrate intake, focus on quality to improve health outcomes in diabetes
BOSTON — Reducing overall carbohydrate intake and eating more non-starchy vegetables and whole foods can help improve health outcomes for people with diabetes, according to a speaker at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress.
Q&A: Nephrologists’ perspectives matter in wearable dialysis device design
US health care spending on respiratory conditions rose dramatically in recent years
U.S. health care spending on respiratory conditions, especially chronic conditions like asthma and COPD, increased dramatically from 1996 to 2016, researchers reported in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
No additional benefit of antipseudomonal antibiotics for some children with cystic fibrosis
Using anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotics may not provide additional benefit for children with cystic fibrosis who were culture negative for P. aeruginosa for at least 1 year, researchers reported.
US cystic fibrosis newborn screening programs led to improved nutritional, pulmonary outcomes
In the U.S., newborn screening programs for cystic fibrosis were associated with improved nutritional status up to middle childhood, rapid increases in lung function and delayed chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection, researchers reported.