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Trends indicate a reduction in glyburide and thiazolidinedione prescriptions and increases in gliclazide and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor prescriptions among older adults with diabetes and chronic kidney disease

Antihyperglycemic Medication Prescribing Trends Are Changing

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Decrease in glyburide and thiazolidinedione Rx; increase in gliclazide, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor
For obese youth

HIIT May Be Most Effective Exercise Method for Obese Youth

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May be more effective than other types of exercise for improving blood pressure, aerobic capacity levels
Negotiations to increase payment from insurance companies can be extremely difficult

Guidance Offered for Negotiating Higher Rates From Payers

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Compiling the information needed to approach insurance companies is time consuming
Five key strategies are employed by clinicians to help promote patient behavior change

Five Strategies Employed to Help Promote Behavior Change

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Clinicians whose patients have activation increases report using five key strategies
There is stronger evidence of a link between the herbicide Agent Orange and bladder cancer and hypothyroidism among U.S. military personnel exposed to the chemical during the Vietnam War

Evidence Links Agent Orange to Bladder Cancer, Hypothyroidism

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Also, veterans with Parkinson's-like symptoms can file claim for the condition
Patients with diabetes may be significantly more likely to develop community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia than those without diabetes

Diabetes Patients More Susceptible to Staph Bacteremia

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Risk up seven-fold among patients with type 1 diabetes, almost three-fold for those with type 2
Women with diabetes who take insulin appear to have a higher incidence of dense breasts

Insulin Treatment May Up Breast Density in Diabetes Patients

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Women on insulin might need extra breast cancer screening
Privacy policies for health programs -- or "apps" -- designed for smartphones that share highly sensitive medical information between patients and doctors are lacking

Study Raises Privacy Concerns for Health Care Apps

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Many have no policies, and may share data with third parties, researchers say
For patients with obstructive sleep apnea and suboptimally controlled type 2 diabetes

CPAP Improves Glycemic Control in Patients With T2DM, OSA

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Findings in patients with suboptimally controlled type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea
Problematic clauses in physicians' contracts can impact patient care and professionalism

Physicians’ Contracts Can Affect Patients, Professionalism

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Problematic clauses in contracts include blanket confidentiality clauses, termination without cause