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Are Restaurants Exacerbating the Obesity Epidemic?

Poor nutritional profiles and oversized portions are expanding America's waistline

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BP Care in Black Barbershops Successfully Taken Up in Nashville

Los Angeles protocol adapted to a different city amid the COVID pandemic

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No Burgers for Baby to Minimize Asthma Risk

Unexpected consequence seen from "excessive" meat-based foods in infancy

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Feeling Better in COPD: Simple Solution?

No fancy high-tech drug needed, studies suggest

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European CVD Prevention Guide Leans on Age Stratification

Update has new risk assessment score but goes easy on blood pressure

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Herbal Weight-Loss Supplement Tied to Severe Liver Damage

Garcinia cambogia and green tea led to clinically indistinguishable liver injury

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U.S. Kids Chowed Down on Highly Processed Foods

Majority of energy intake came from ready-to-eat, ultraprocessed foods in 1999-2018

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Probiotics Show Promise for Symptoms of Functional GI Disorders

Small pilot study suggested clinical benefit, acceptable safety profile

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PURE Study Points Finger at Processed, Fatty Foods in IBD

But expert serves up a heaping helping of caveats to the findings

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Did Getting a Colonoscopy Lead to Cleaner Living?

Results varied by severity of screening findings, researchers found

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What's Driving Eating Disorders in Trans Patients?

Proper care begins with understanding

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Food Insecurity Tied to More Liver Disease Deaths

Social determinants of health play a key role, study found

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Ranitidine Did Not Convert to Carcinogen in Two Small FDA Studies

However, don't expect the drug's return to market anytime soon, say editorialists

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Can't Get Schoolkids to Eat a Decent Lunch? Keep Them at the Table

Small trial confirms suggestions from observational studies

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Caffeine Effects on PVC Frequency: A Self-Experiment

The Skeptical Cardiologist sees dramatic changes on ambulatory cardiac monitoring

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An Unhealthy Diet Feeds Into Clonal Hematopoiesis

Can diet mitigate the CVD risk of this age-related genetic phenomenon?

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Guns for Vaccinations; IU Health Joins the Mandate Club; NFL Ends 'Race-Norming'

A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine

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Patients With Underactive Thyroid Report Pervasive Brain Fog

Many said they had symptoms well before a hypothyroidism diagnosis

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Amylin Analogue Plus Semaglutide Get Early Win for Weight Loss

Combining agents yielded greater weight changes than semaglutide alone

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Saxenda Boosted Weight Loss, Especially With Exercise

But year-long RCT excluded those with type 2 diabetes

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Nix Nut-Free Classrooms, New Allergy Guidelines Urge

Focus on management, training rather than food bans, international panel says

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Moms' Health Habits Rub Off on Children

Australian study suggests young kids copy parental behavior, healthy as well as unhealthy

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USPSTF: Routine Vitamin D Screening Still on Shaky Ground

Not enough evidence for an ideal level of vitamin D

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Doctor Reacts to Absurd Facebook Health Posts

Onions on your feet? Dr. Mike fact-checks social media claims

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Andrew Yang's Kidney Stones

A closer look at this common condition

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Tepezza Restock Coming; Osteoporotic Fractures Broken Down by State

News and commentary from the endocrinology world

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Maintenance Semaglutide Keeps Shedding the Pounds

Continued weight loss beyond 1 year while on drug; patients switched to placebo gained it back

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Banned Stimulants Again Found in Supplements

Researchers question FDA's commitment to enforcement

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Hyperglycemia Better Predictor of Severe COVID-19 Than Diabetes

Study looked at hospitalized patient outcomes during early months of the pandemic

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Op-Ed: Corn Money is Expanding America's Waistline

Dear AMA, please lobby for investment in healthy produce

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Stay-at-Home Orders Linked to Weight Gain

Problem may not end with pandemic

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Skip These Supplements for Afib Prevention

Long-term results from the VITAL Rhythm study in a large population

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Food Insecurity Plays Role in Weight Loss Strategies

Lack of access to healthy food can dampen effectiveness of diet, exercise, researchers find

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Another Weight-Loss Trial Win for Weekly GLP-1 Drug

Effective in diabetic patients with BMI as low as 27

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Diet Dog Fight: Keto vs Vegan

Doctor breaks down head-to-head study

Apples, grapefruit, oranges, pears, kiwi, lemons, and limes line the shelves at a grocery store.

And the Magic Number for Daily Fruit, Vegetable Intake Is...

No benefit to peas, corn, potatoes observed in cohort studies

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More Support for Early Peanut Intro to Reduce Allergy Risk

"Dramatic" decline in prevalence after feeding shift in Australia, study shows

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GIP/GLP-1 RA Phase III Success; USPSTF Looking for Input

News and commentary from the endocrinology world

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White Bread or White Rice? Glycemic Index Telling of CVD Risk Across Borders

Observational study suggests role of diet in primary, secondary prevention alike

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ACC Report: Cardiac Care Better Woman-to-Woman

Group suggests rethink of cardiology culture and medical education

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