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Most primary care physicians can't identify all 11 risk factors for prediabetes

Survey Reveals Prediabetes Knowledge Gaps in Primary Care

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Fewer than one in 10 PCPs surveyed named all risk factors identified by American Diabetes Association
For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Fasting Plasma Glucose, HbA1c Linked to Alzheimer’s in T2DM

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Independent associations for FPG coefficient of variation and HbA1c CV in patients with T2DM
For patients with an adverse reaction to a statin

Continuing Statin After Adverse Rx Tied to Lower Cardiac Risk

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Continued statin prescription linked to lower incidence of cardiovascular events and death
Obese patients don't need to lose weight before undergoing knee or hip replacement surgery

No Need for Obese Patients to Lose Weight Before THR, TKR

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Obese patients achieve about the same pain relief and improved function as normal-weight patients
Teens and adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may have a lower risk of developing an alcohol or drug problem if they take medications to treat their ADHD

ADHD Rx Associated With a Lower Risk for Alcohol, Drug Abuse

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Linked to a 35 percent lower risk among men and 31 percent lower risk among women
Obesity even in adolescence may raise the odds for colon and rectal cancers in adulthood

Obesity in Teens Ups Colon, Rectal Cancer Risk in Adulthood

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Concerns are growing about weight's impact on development of chronic disease, researchers say
The rate of unfavorable features is increased in association with increasing MYCN copy number in patients with neuroblastoma

MYCN Copy Number Tied to Poor Features in Neuroblastoma

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Patients with MYCN gain had inferior outcomes, including lowest response rate after chemo
For adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Exercise Training Improves Left Ventricular Function in T1DM

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Improvement in aerobic capacity and stroke volume lower for teens with T1DM than control healthy teens
Provider- and site-level factors

Provider-, Site-Level Factors Linked to Testosterone Receipt

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Increased odds of prescribing testosterone for less experienced providers, endocrinologists, urologists
The prevalence of vertebral fracture varies for different methods of radiological assessment

Prevalence of Vertebral Fracture Varies With Assessment Method

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Significantly different prevalence for quantitative morphometry, algorithm based qualitative methods