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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

Yes, one year after stopping the medication, patients regain ½ – â…” of their previous weight loss: What are other clinical benefits? 4 Chronic Kidney Disease The FLOW trial randomized 3,534 patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes and started treating them with s.c. mg or placebo in 2019. semaglutide 2.4

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Health and Mood Benefits of Semaglutide in HF

Physician's Weekly

These improvements were observed across all subgroups based on left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) (≥50% or <50%), BMI (≥35 kg/m 2 or <35 kg/m 2 ), cardiomyopathy type, and diabetes status.

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Hyperinsulinemia Linked to Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Physician's Weekly

from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California, and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study from June 2019 to August 2023 at a single institution’s outpatient gynecology clinic involving 205 premenopausal women aged 18 to 54 years: 116 with AUB and 89 with normal menstrual cycles. Salcedo, D.O.,

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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

Medical Xpress

Long-term effects of pain in early life We collected data on the number of procedures, clinical exposures and sucrose doses from three NICUs across Canada. But as the findings from our Canadian study show, we urgently need research to improve long-term health outcomes for children born prematurely.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 1): White House Drug Pricing Plan Offers Laundry List of Existing Democrat Priorities

FDA Law Blog

A May 2019 CMS final rule that would have required drug TV advertisements to disclose the WAC of the drug was challenged by a group of pharmaceutical companies and vacated on statutory grounds by the D.C. Finally, the HHS plan encourages Congress to create incentives to foster scientific innovation.