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ADA: Weight Loss, Type 2 Diabetes Remission Up With Replacing Diet Drinks With Water

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WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For adult women with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D), replacing diet beverages (DBs) with water is associated with greater weight loss and T2D remission, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association, held from June 20 to 23 in Chicago.

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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 Abstract/Full Text (subscription or payment may be required) More Information Copyright © 2025 HealthDay.

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FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension

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Widaplik is not to be coadministered with aliskiren in patients with diabetes, and a boxed warning indicates discontinuation of Widaplik during pregnancy. More Information Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. Additionally, Widaplik is contraindicated in patients with anuria or known hypersensitivity to other sulfonamide-derived drugs.

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Insurers Promise to Speed Up Delays in Health Care Approvals

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More information Harvard Health has more on prior authorization. Still, some experts remain skeptical. Talk is cheap,” Gaffney said. More fundamental reform will be needed to address the ubiquitous barriers to care imposed by insurance firms.” SOURCE: NBC News , June 23, 2025 Copyright © 2025 HealthDay. All rights reserved.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

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But we have very little information, almost no information. And to be very fair, there was a study in 2013 in family practice, this would be important, I think for those who treat older patients. And so there are other new treatments that I hope also will inform RSV and other RNA viruses.