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| Image IQ: Weight Gain, Fatigue, and Cold Sensitivity ...Can You Diagnose This Patient? |
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A 25-year-old female visited her primary care physician complaining about weight gain over the past 2 and a half months. She has not had any changes with diet or exercise, yet she has gained 10 pounds. She also has had chronic fatigue over this period and has recurring constipation. Her skin appears pale and she mentions feeling extreme cold sensitivity, even when the temperature of a room feels fine to others.
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| L-Thyroxine Ineffective In Patients With Subclinical Hypothyroidism, Study Says |
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The common synthetic thyroid medication L-thyroxine has been shown to be ineffective in reducing symptoms in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH), according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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| The Human Body Has Internal Scale to Sense Body Weight Says Study |
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It has been suggested that the human body has an intrinsic weight sensor that functions as part of energy homeostasis. Information about body weight is used to drive caloric intake and metabolic expenditure with the goal of maintaining body weight at a specific set point, however little is known about how such a sensor might function. In a recent paper, published in the journal ClinicalMedicine researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have devised a method to investigate this system they have dubbed the “graviostat,” using weighted vests.
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| Two Decade Long Study Shows Decline in Cardiovascular Disease Among Diabetics |
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Australian researchers have new evidence that patients with diabetes have fewer cardiovascular events today than they did 20 years ago. The data came from an analysis of the Freemantle diabetes study which compared people with type 2 diabetes to people without diabetes. The results were recently published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.
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| SGLT2 Inhibitors May Reduce Kidney Problems in Diabetics |
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The use of a commonly prescribed diabetes drug known as a sodium glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor to treat type 2 diabetes may help to lower the risk of serious kidney problems.
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| Diabetes Cured in Lab Mice Using CRISPR Gene Editing |
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It's the ultimate goal for diabetes researchers: restoring the lost insulin producing function of pancreatic cells. And finally, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, may be one step closer to realizing that dream.
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| Coffee May Be Good For the Heart- A Look at What the Science Says |
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If you can’t imagine starting the day without your cup o’ joe, you aren’t alone. On average, American’s drink 3 cups of coffee every day–collectively that’s 400 million cups of coffee-- daily. Given those kinds of numbers, it’s no wonder that the question of whether or not the coffee habit is beneficial or detrimental to patient health is one that generates a lot of interest- and there’s been plenty of studies devoted to it. Here's a look at some of them.
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| What Flu A, Glucose and the Cytokine Storm Can Teach Us About COVID-19 |
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Like the coronavirus, influenza A is a highly contagious virus that is responsible for a significant number of annual illnesses and hospitalizations worldwide. According to new research published in the journal Science Advances, it may also teach us something about COVID-19, and the importance of blood glucose levels in diabetic patients.
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| Sleep Apnea Linked to High Blood Sugar in African-Americans |
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According to a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association African Americans with sleep disturbances are much more likely to experience changes in glucose metabolism which could predispose them to diabetes.
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| Brown Adipose Burns More Calories When Exposed to Cold |
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A study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism says exposure to the cold for brief periods may help people with brown adipose tissue burn 15 percent more calories.
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