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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objectives To assess overall medication adherence as an indicator for emergency room (ER) visits, hospitalizations, and mortality among elderly patients. Methods The study included individuals aged 75 to 90 years, diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, who were treated with at least one antihypertensive, or antidiabetic medication in 2017.

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Key Facts GPs Should Know About GLP-1 Analogs

Family Medicine Initiative

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. Both the FDA and EMA recommend that doctors monitor patients with diabetic retinopathy who are undergoing semaglutide treatment closely. semaglutide 1.0

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Outcomes associated with timing of screening for gestational diabetes [Women's health]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: Screening for gestational diabetes (GDM) at recommended times, based on a pregnant woman’s risk for GDM, is important in order to initiate and optimize the management of GDM as early as possible, thus mitigating the risk of several adverse outcomes for both pregnant women and their offspring.

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Marine Microplastic Levels Linked to Cardiometabolic Disease Prevalence

Physician's Weekly

from the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, Massachusetts, and colleagues geospatially analyzed microplastic concentration data within 200 nautical miles of the U.S. also from Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, said in a statement. Bhargav Makwana, M.D., coastline to calculate mean MMLs.

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Health and Mood Benefits of Semaglutide in HF

Physician's Weekly

Researchers examined the effects of semaglutide on body weight, health status, and mood over 1 year in individuals with HF and obesity. They assessed 122 individuals with HF and obesity who were treated consecutively with semaglutide between January 2019 and August 2023.

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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

As is the case internationally, sucrose is used widely in New Zealand, but there is considerable variation in protocols of use across hospitals. Sucrose may stop preterm babies from showing signs of pain , but physiological and neurological pain responses nevertheless happen. No national guidelines for best practice exist.

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