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JIA arthritis and uveitis flares ‘often run parallel’
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- Sara Freeman
Worsening arthritis in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis could be a sign for needing a prompt eye examination.
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‘Modest’ benefit for post-MI T2D glucose monitoring
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- Sara Freeman
Equivocal results were seen with regard to the best method to monitor blood glucose after myocardial infarction.
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Diabetic neuropathic pain linked to brain bioenergic anomalies
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- Sara Freeman
Changes in mitochondrial activity in pain-processing areas of the brain may help explain why some persons with diabetes experience painful...
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Substance in tears could be used for diabetes monitoring
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- Sara Freeman
Measuring glycoalbumin in tears could someday be a way for patients with diabetes to monitor their glucose levels noninvasively.
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Time to screen for liver disease in type 2 diabetes?
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- Sara Freeman
Questions remain on whether or not liver surveillance should be routine in people with type 2 diabetes.
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Exercise cuts diabetes death risk by a third in two studies
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- Sara Freeman
Results of two new studies provide further evidence that exercise reduces all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in those with type 2 diabetes.
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No prior use of insulin predicts postsurgical diabetes remission
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- Sara Freeman
No insulin use before bariatric surgery was associated with sustained diabetes remission 10 years later in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Vascular dementia risk particularly high in type 2 diabetes
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- Sara Freeman
A 35% higher risk for vascular dementia was seen in people with type 2 diabetes versus those without; other dementia types were increased or...
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Large waistline linked to higher risk of prostate cancer death
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- Sara Freeman
Central adiposity was associated with a higher risk for death from prostate cancer in a large observational...
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Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis heart risk higher than expected
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- Sara Freeman
Cardiovascular disease, most notably myocardial infarction, occurs in more people with DISH than is predicted by the Framingham Risk Score.
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Aspirin may accelerate cancer progression in older adults
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- Sara Freeman
Daily aspirin use may promote, not prevent, cancer in older adults, data from the ASPREE study suggest....
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Canakinumab (Ilaris) tapering tested in systemic JIA trial
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- Sara Freeman
Reducing or extending the frequency of canakinumab over 6 months enabled children to maintain complete clinical remission and some to stop...
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How prostate cancer treatments affect quality of life
- Author:
- Sara Freeman
A quality of life study showed that urinary incontinence and sexual function were worse with certain treatments.
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Better continence rate gives robotic prostatectomy the edge
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- Sara Freeman
A large trial confirms early continence is better with a robotic rather than classical laparoscopic approach.
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NSAID continuation linked to less knee OA pain
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- Sara Freeman
Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs continue to reduce knee osteoarthritis pain more than 3 months after starting treatment.