New School Lunch Rules Target Added Sugars, Salt
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- School lunches will soon contain less added sugar and salt under new nutrition standards announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wedn...
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GLP1 Receptor Agonists Do Not Up Risk for Complications After Emergency Surgery
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The risk for postoperative respiratory complications is similar among patients undergoing emergency surgery regardless of preoperative glucagon-...
Seafood Consumption Tied to 'Forever Chemical' Exposure Risk
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Northeastern U.S. seafood consumers may be exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) concentrations that potentially pose a health r...
GLP1 Receptor Agonist Use Does Not Seem to Increase Risk for Thyroid Cancer
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP1) receptor agonist use does not appear to be associated with an increased risk for thyroid cancer, according to a ...
ACP: Time-Restricted Eating May Not Aid Weight Loss, Glycemic Measures
TUESDAY, April 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Time-restricted eating (TRE) is not associated with weight loss or glycemic improvements compared with a usual eating pattern (UEP) when calories...
EPA Designates Two 'Forever Chemicals' as Hazardous
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Two common PFAS "forever chemicals" have been deemed hazardous substances by the Environmental Protection Agency.The new designation, enacted unde...
ACP: Recommendations Developed for Newer Type 2 Diabetes Medications
MONDAY, April 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- In a clinical guideline issued by the American College of Physicians (ACP) and published online April 19 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, recom...
STEP-HFpEF DM: Semaglutide Beneficial for Patients With HFpEF and T2D
Differences in the endpoints of HF-related symptoms, physical limitations, and body weight shown in trial for semaglutide for patients with HFpEF and T2D....
U.S. Medical Drug Shortages Reach Record High
MONDAY, April 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Americans are facing more shortages of the drugs they need for medical care than ever before, a national pharmacy database shows.The American Soci...
2011 to 2020 Saw Increase in Annual Prescription Meds Expenditures
MONDAY, April 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- From 2011 to 2020, there was an increase in total annual prescription medication expenditures, with antimetabolic agents the most costly category,...
Multiple Benefits of Semaglutide for Patients With Obesity-Related Heart Failure+Type 2 Diabetes
Semaglutide leads to larger reductions in heart failure-related symptoms and physical limitations among patients with obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and type ...
4 in Every 1000 Youths, 5 in Every 1000 Adults in U.S. Report Having Type 1 Diabetes
Nearly four in every 1,000 U.S. youths and five in every 1,000 U.S. adults reported having type 1 diabetes from 2019 through 2022, according to a research letter published online April 4 in ...
SGLT2i, GLP-1 RA Prescribing Lower for Minority Patients
New studies show that medications for type 2 diabetes are not always prescribed to patients in accordance with guideline recommendations....
EPA Sets Strict Limit on PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' in U.S. Drinking Water
WEDNESDAY, April 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that it has finalized a first-ever rule that will drastically lower the amount of PFAS, ...
Inorganic Nitrate Treatment Cuts Rate of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
THURSDAY, March 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- For patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing coronary angiography, inorganic nitrate treatment reduces the rate of con...
Nerve Decompression May Ease Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
For patients with lower-extremity painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN), nerve decompression is associated with reduced pain, although these effects may be partly due to a placebo eff...
Diabetes Complications More Common in Patients Not Living in Urban Areas
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Adults with diabetes living in small towns are disproportionately impacted by complications of diabetes, according to a study published online ...
Timing of Pubertal Development Tied to Adult Cardiometabolic Risk
WEDNESDAY, March 27, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Pubertal development and its timing may be an important pathway through which early-life exposures shape adulthood cardiometabolic health and d...
Gamification in Diabetes Management Improves Glycemic Outcomes
Meta-analysis determines that gaming may help patients with T2D attain glycemic targets and improve health outcomes....
Eli Lilly Reports Temporary Shortage of Humalog and Insulin Lispro Injection
MONDAY, March 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Eli Lilly & Co. announced on Friday a temporary shortage of two of its insulin products."The 10 mL vials of Humalog and Insulin Lispro Injecti...
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