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Governments could boost the consumption of healthy food by making it less expensive

Lowering Cost of Healthy Foods Increases Consumption

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And, raising the cost of unhealthy foods significantly reduces their intake
People living in states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act are less likely to be uninsured or struggling with the strain of unpaid medical bills

ACA’s Medicaid Expansion May Pose Challenges to Timely Care

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Research shows benefit, but also more problems with patients getting appointments
Almost 10 percent of obese people have no cardiometabolic risk factors

Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Not Always Seen With Obesity

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Among overweight, 18.6 percent had no risk factors; among obese, 9.6 percent had no risk factors
Individuals with the least gluten in their diets appear to have a slightly higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes over a few decades

Gluten-Free Diet Linked to Higher Odds of Developing T2DM

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People eating least amount of gluten found more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, researchers say
Nearly half of all deaths from heart disease

Diet Tied to Large Proportion of Cardiometabolic Deaths

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Study explores which foods and nutrients may be helpful or harmful
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Vildagliptin, Metformin Have Different Effects on BP in T2DM

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Vildagliptin lowers BP, elevates HR, while metformin increases HR with no impact on BP
For outpatients with chronic heart failure

Diabetes Ups Risk of Adverse Outcomes in Chronic Heart Failure

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Increased cumulative rates of one-year all-cause death, CVD death, heart failure hospitalization
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with increased nonvertebral fracture risk compared with adjustable gastric banding

Increased Nonvertebral Fracture Risk After Roux-en-Y Bypass

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Risk associated with RYGB manifested more than two years after surgery; increased in subsequent years
An initial Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act was formally introduced in the House of Representatives on Monday.

Republicans Introduce Affordable Care Act Replacement

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Initial Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act formally introduced Monday
One in every three people in the United States is now obese

Fewer Americans Actively Trying to Lose Weight

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More are overweight, obese than two decades ago, but fewer are trying to shed pounds