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Feasibility of the Diabetes Self-Management Coaching Program for Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care. [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: The rampant rise in the prevalence of diabetes presents a public health burden and a challenge to the primary care setting. Diabetes Self-management Coaching is an emergent, client-centered, solution-focused approach to enhancing self-efficacy and self-care behavior.

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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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Q&A: Prioritizing Early Intervention in Pediatric Obesity

Physician's Weekly

However, we cannot overlook systemic factors, such as access to care, socioeconomic status, neighborhood safety, or walkability, that make it more challenging for some individuals to maintain a healthy weight. We also need to pick up on when a child is gaining weight rapidly or crossing percentiles so we can intervene earlier.

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How to manage GLP-1s in the hospital

Today's Hospitalist

THE BLOCKBUSTER GLP-1 receptor agonists are a transformative class of medications increasingly tied to better outcomes across a variety of conditions and organ systems, not just in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes. That’s according to two internists who work closely with hospitalized patients who take GLP-1s.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

However, we do not guarantee individual replies due to the high volume of messages. Share Tweet Share Email Home Psychology & Psychiatry Home Addiction June 16, 2025 The GIST Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction by I. Your feedback is important to us.

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

In a study published in Nature Communications , led by researchers at National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), scientists used the deepest-ever two-photon calcium imaging in awake mice to directly observe how individual SCN neurons respond to light. Your feedback is important to us.

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When to Go to Urgent Care for a Sore Throat: How Can Urgent Care Help?

Doctor On Demand

If you have a compromised immune system and worsening symptoms Infections can become life-threatening much faster if you have a condition that weakens your immune system, such as HIV/AIDS, cancer, or diabetes, or if you are on immunosuppressive medications (e.g., due to chemotherapy, diabetes, or autoimmune disease)?

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