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On a Given Day, 36.6 Percent of U.S. Adults Eat Fast Food

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The percentage of adults consuming fast food varies with age, income, and race/ethnicity
Vitamin D supplementation does not prevent fractures or falls or have a clinically meaningful impact on bone mineral density in pooled analyses

Review: Vitamin D Does Not Appear to Prevent Fractures, Falls

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In pooled analyses, no clinically relevant between-group difference in bone mineral density at any site
Intensive blood pressure therapy is associated with significantly lower risk for cardiovascular events when using data reweighted to better reflect the U.S. adult population with diabetes

Intensive BP Therapy in Diabetes May Lower Risk for CV Events

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Findings based on data reweighted to reflect the adult population with diabetes in the U.S.
Greater weight gain in early childhood often carries over to overweight and obesity in adolescence

Childhood Obesity Persists Into Adolescence

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Among obese teens, most rapid weight gain happened in childhood between ages 2 and 6
Recommendations for the management of type 2 diabetes have been updated

ADA, EASD Issue New Recommendations for T2DM

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Additional focus on lifestyle management, self-management education and support emphasized
A $69 billion merger between health insurer Aetna and pharmacy manager CVS Health has been approved

Aetna-CVS Merger Approved

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Under the approval, Aetna must sell off its private Medicare drug plans
Lorcaserin reduces the risk for diabetes in obese or overweight patients with prediabetes or without diabetes and reduces hemoglobin A1c among those with diabetes

Lorcaserin Beneficial for Diabetes in Overweight, Obese

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Lorcaserin reduces risk for diabetes for those with prediabetes, without diabetes; reduces HbA1c
Minority residents describe burdens associated with race/ethnicity

Minority Residents Experience Burdens Linked to Race/Ethnicity

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Residents describe daily barrage of microaggression, bias; being tasked as race/ethnicity ambassadors
For patients with type 2 diabetes and acute coronary syndrome

Lixisenatide Cuts Kidney Damage in T2DM and Coronary Syndrome

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Lixisenatide reduces progression of urinary albumin-creatinine ratio in patients with macroalbuminuria
Best practices have been updated for screening and managing congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency. The updated Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline was published online Sept. 27 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Best Practices for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Updated

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Recommendations address screening, treatment approaches and emphasize shared decision making