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Metformin may help to prevent primary liver cancer

Written by | 28 Sep 2012

Metformin, a drug widely used to treat Type II diabetes, may help to prevent primary liver cancer

ESC 2012 Report – Normal weight and belly fat spells higher risk of CVD than obesity only

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Normal weight persons with weight concentrated in their belly run a higher death risk of CVD-related death than obese-only individuals, researchers reported at ESC.

ESC 2012 Report – Normal weight individuals with belly fat at highest CVD risk

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

by Zara Qadir – BMI still offers a simple numeric measure of a person’s “thickness” or “thinness”.  However, normal weight individuals who carry weight concentrated in their belly… read more.

ESC 2012 Report – Metabolically healthy, fit obese persons appear to have normal CVD and cancer risks

Written by | 17 Sep 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Obese persons who are metabolically healthy and fit have no more risk of developing or dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer than persons of… read more.

Combination of obesity and low Vitamin D could increase risk of diabetes

Written by | 31 Jul 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – The combination of obesity and low vitamin D deficiency appears to cause a greater risk of insulin resistance than either factor alone, researchers reported… read more.

Child diabetes rates eclipse US

Written by | 31 Jul 2012

by Gary Finnegan – World Health Matters (China) – Child diabetes levels in China are higher than those in the US, according to a startling new study based… read more.

EASL 2012 Report – Europe bears high costs of chronic liver diseases and high mortality in cirrhosis

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Two studies presented at EASL suggest the real human and economic costs of liver disease across Europe.

Youth with Type 2 Diabetes get better results with two-drug treatment

Written by | 14 Jun 2012

by Bruce Sylvester – Combination metformin and rosiglitazone is more effective than metformin monotherapy in youth with recent-onset type 2 diabetes,

Comorbidities are common in patients with COPD

Written by | 12 Jun 2012

The majority of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) referred for pulmonary rehabilitation have multiple extra-pulmonary comorbidities, according to a new study from the Netherlands.

SABCS 2011 Report – Environmental and lifestyle influences on the development of breast cancer

Written by | 14 May 2012

by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Breast cancer is one of the most common malignancies in women all over the world and its complex and multi-factorial aetiology remains unclear…. read more.

AACE endorses new lower LDL targets and ApoB testing

Written by | 2 May 2012

New guidelines on dyslipidemia and the prevention of atherogenesis give official sanction to something endocrinologists have been doing for years: lowering LDL targets.

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