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Liraglutide May Improve Weight Loss in Adolescents With Obesity

Liraglutide plus lifestyle therapy results in a significantly greater reduction in BMI standard-deviation score than placebo among adolescents with obesity.

Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery Affected by Baseline Diabetes Status

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Rachael Beairsto

For patients who undergo bariatric surgery, having diabetes may diminish the amount of weight ultimately lost after the procedure.

Weight Loss Attenuates Decline in Microvascular Function in Type 2 Diabetes

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Morgan E. Meissner

Weight change, glycemic control, and sulfonylurea use are determinants of either preservation or decline in microvascular function in patients with type 2 diabetes.

Addressing Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Shift Workers

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Endocrinology Advisor Contributing Writer

Among other strategies, clinicians can suggest changes to lifestyle habits, encourage sleep hygiene, and prescribe pharmacologic interventions to combat risk for metabolic syndrome in shift workers.

Bariatric Surgery Linked to Lower Long-Term Risk for MI, Heart Failure, Mortality

For patients with obesity, bariatric surgery is associated with a lower long-term risk for major cardiovascular events and incident heart failure.

Machine Learning Predicts Noncalcified Coronary Burden in Psoriasis

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Morgan E. Meissner

Machine learning identifies factors related to obesity, dyslipidemia, and inflammation as predictors of noncalcified coronary burden in patients with psoriasis, a study finds.

Are Glycemic Measures in the Nondiabetic Range Linked to NAFLD?

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Amit Akirov, MD

Increased blood glucose levels, even within the nondiabetic range, are associated with increased risk for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Metformin May Reduce Obesity Measures in Children

Metformin treatment reduces some obesity measures in children.

Setmelanotide Receives Orphan Drug Status for Alström Syndrome

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Brian Park, PharmD

The FDA has granted Orphan Drug designation to setmelanotide (Rhythm Pharmaceuticals) for the treatment of Alström Syndrome.

Elevated Insulin Levels in Childhood Linked to Asthma Risk Independent of BMI

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Rachael Beairsto

Researchers evaluated the association between blood insulin levels in adolescence and childhood and risk for asthma.

Obesity May Limit Response to Ustekinumab for Treatment of Psoriasis

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Brandon May

Patients with psoriasis who are naïve to biologic agents and patients who are within normal weight ranges may benefit the most from treatment with ustekinumab.