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Diabetes and Endocrinology

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For East Asian patients with type 2 diabetes

50 Percent Insulin Lispro/Insulin Lispro Protamine Efficacious

More effective than LM25 in certain dietary conditions, including with increased carbohydrate
Advanced practice clinicians and physicians order low-value health services with similar frequency

APCs, Doctors Order Low-Value Services With Similar Frequency

Similar frequency for antibiotics, CT and MRI, radiography, and referrals
Prediagnostic 25-hydroxyvitamin levels are associated with survival in pancreatic cancer

25(OH)D Levels Linked to Survival in Pancreatic Cancer

Longer overall survival for patients with sufficient prediagnostic 25-hydroxyvitamin D
A nine-protein risk score may help predict cardiovascular events among patients with stable coronary heart disease

Nine-Protein Risk Score May Help Predict CV Events in Stable CHD

Risk score performed better than refit Framingham for predicting cardiovascular events
For children with type 1 diabetes

Daily Steps in Children With T1DM Tied to Early Atherosclerosis

Increase of 1,000 steps per day linked to decrease in mean/maximum aortic IMT
Americans spent more than $30 billion out of pocket in 2012 on chiropractors and other complementary health practitioners

CDC: Alternative Medicine a Booming Business in U.S.

More than $30 billion paid out-of-pocket for acupuncture, yoga, chiropractic care, supplements
Many male primary care physicians regard cardiovascular disease as a man's issue and don't assess risk in female patients

Male PCPs Less Likely to Assess CVD Risk in Female Patients

French researchers say search of health records finds gender gap
For subjects without obesity

Striatal D2 Receptors, Age Linked to Sucrose Preference

In subjects without obesity, striatal D2R binding potential, age linked to sucrose preference
Almost half of older Medicare beneficiaries have high persistent spending throughout the full year before death

Persistent High Spending Common in Year Before Death

Overall, 48.7 percent of older Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2012 had persistent high spending
For patients with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes mellitus and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Long-Term Pioglitazone Safe, Effective for NASH, T2DM

Safe and effective for patients with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis