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Personalized Diabetes Treatment Plans: How Connecticut Specialists Approach Care

Physicians Alliance of Connecticut

Every year in Connecticut, about 17,000 adults are diagnosed with diabetes, a serious chronic condition. There are many types of diabetes — including type 1, type 2 and gestational — and many factors that affect how the condition changes over time. For that reason, everyone’s experience with diabetes is different, and treatment isn’t one-size-fits all.

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Japanese scientists use stem cell treatment to restore movement in spinal injury patients

Medical Xpress

A stem cell treatment helped improve the motor function of two out of four patients with a spinal cord injury in the first clinical study of its kind, Japanese scientists said.

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Tips To Get Rid of Your Cough

Doctor On Demand

A persistent cough can be frustrating and disruptive, but there are several ways to find relief depending on the cause. If your cough is due to a common cold, bronchitis , or another respiratory infection, staying hydrated is key. Drinking plenty of water, warm teas, or broth can help thin mucus and soothe an irritated throat. Using a humidifier or taking a steamy shower can also add moisture to the air, which may ease coughing caused by dry or inflamed airways.

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Automated insulin delivery improves glycemic control of type 2 diabetes in randomized trial

Medical Xpress

Jaeb Center for Health Research conducted a randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of automated insulin delivery (AID) in adults with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes. AID significantly lowered glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels and improved glucose control compared to standard insulin therapy with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM).

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COVID-19 gave rise to vaccine skepticism. That may affect our preparedness for the next pandemic

NPR Health

Public health officials are concerned about increasing polarization among Americans over vaccines.

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Uncomfortable bladder tests for female incontinence can be avoided, say researchers

Medical Xpress

Women with ongoing urinary incontinence could avoid invasive bladder pressure tests, as new research shows that a range of non-invasive assessments work just as well in guiding treatment.

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Experts worry about a lack of addiction treatments as legalized sports betting grows

NPR Health

Gambling is now widely legal, but experts warn there is not enough treatment and intervention for people who struggle with problem gambling.

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Episode 385 – Spaced Learning Series – Organizing Thoughts Around Hemoptysis

The Clinical Problem Solvers

[link] Episode description: Seyma presents a case of persistent cough and fatigue that ends up in an unexpected place. Featuring: Priyanka Athavale Anna Fretz Kirtan Patolia Seyma Yildirim Schemas: Syncope Pulmonary renal syndromes Download CPSolvers App here RLRCPSOLVERS Click here to view the weekly episode recap email!

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Second TB vaccination boosts immunity in bladder cancer patients and reduces cancer recurrence, pilot study suggests

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Two doses of a simple tuberculosis vaccination after surgery helps the immune system fight cancer cells and could greatly improve patient outcomes for the most common type of bladder cancer, according to a pilot study of 40 patients.

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Mere Mortal MD

My husband is about ready to leave for his first electrician job here in Alaska. We’ve been here a year, and it has taken that long to get to this day. So many hurdles to jump over to get his journeyman’s licensing and previous hours of work in Nevada transferred and verified. All the paperwork to get into the electrical union seemed like more than what I had to do to become a licensed physician in the state.

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Researchers make progress toward non-hormonal treatment for endometriosis

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Roughly 200 million women around the world suffer from endometriosis, a condition that causes tissue from the lining of the uterus to grow in places outside of the uterus. The condition can be exceptionally painful and contributes to infertility.

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Waist circumference outshines BMI as obesity-related cancer risk marker in men, but not women

Medical Xpress

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However, new research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 1114 May) and published in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that waist circumference (WC) is a stronger risk marker than BMI for developing obesity-related cancers in men, but not women.

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Video: Severance explained: Could you really separate your memories?

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In AppleTV's "Severance," characters separate their work memories from their personal memoriesbut could that really happen?

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Tuberculosis cases in the US rose to their highest levels in more than a dozen years

Medical Xpress

Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years.

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Study reveals link between new-onset type 2 diabetes and some obesity-related cancers

Medical Xpress

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 1114 May) shows that a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes is linked to a subsequent increase in the risk of developing some, but not all, obesity-related cancers.

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How nutritionists evaluate what Americans should eat

Medical Xpress

Every five years since 1980, the federal government has released dietary guidelines, providing advice to Americans on what to eat.

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Antibody-based therapy is several steps closer to treat lethal mucormycosis

Medical Xpress

Mucormycosis, a fungal infection caused by Mucorales, has high mortality rates in people with weakened immune systems and those suffering from severe trauma like burns, blast injuries or victims of natural disasters. The disease caused serious infection among COVID-19 patients treated with high doses of corticosteroids with mortality rates close to 60 percent.