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DASH Diet for Diabetes With Low Sodium Reduces BP in Those With Diabetes

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WEDNESDAY, June 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension for Diabetes (DASH4D) diet with lower sodium is tied to clinically meaningful blood pressure reduction in people with diabetes, according to a study published online June 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine. For each diet, adverse events were infrequent.

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ADA: Orforglipron Reduces Glycated Hemoglobin in Early Type 2 Diabetes

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from the Velocity Clinical Research Center at Medical City Dallas, and colleagues conducted a phase 3 trial involving participants with type 2 diabetes treated only with diet and exercise, an HbA1c level of ≥7.0 Mild-to-moderate gastrointestinal events were the most common adverse events with orforglipron. Julio Rosenstock, M.D.,

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Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Could Be First-Line Therapy for C. Difficile

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The researchers found that clinical cure and no disease recurrence within 60 days without additional treatment was observed in 66.7 Clinical cure at day 14 and no recurrence with or without additional treatment was observed in 78.4 The groups did not have any significant differences in adverse events. percentage points; 95.2

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Supporting Healthy Aging With Tailored Obesity Management Strategies

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Chae : The four pillars of obesity care is a helpful framework that defines the essential elements of obesity care, which include nutrition therapy, physical activity, behavioral modification, and, if clinically indicated, medical interventions (eg, medication management, bariatric procedures, and complication management).