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Diabetes & Endocrinology News
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Testosterone Patches Improve Low Sexual Desire Disorder
Evidence suggests that transdermal testosterone patches may relieve symptoms of hypoactive sexual desire disorder in postmenopausal women, according to a review published online Feb. 3 in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
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Fasting Augments Chemo in Cancer Cells, Mouse Models
Short cycles of starvation (fasting) sensitizes mammalian cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents, and may increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy against cancer cells and in mouse models, according to an experimental study published online Feb. 8 in Science Translational Medicine.
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Fen-Phen Derivative Likely Caused >1,000 Deaths in France
Benfluorex (Mediator), a fenfluramine-derivative drug used in France for the treatment of high cholesterol in overweight patients with diabetes, is likely to have been responsible for thousands of hospitalizations and deaths over a 30-year period, according to a study published online Feb. 9 in Pharmacoepidemiology & Drug Safety.
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About One-Third of U.S. Adults Receive Advice to Exercise
U.S. adults were more likely to receive advice to exercise or participate in physical activity in 2010 than in 2000, but such advice is currently only received by approximately one-third of all adults, according to a February data brief issued by the National Center for Health Statistics.
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Heart Failure Tied to Increased Osteoporotic Fracture Risk
Adults with heart failure have an increased risk of major osteoporotic fractures, independent of traditional risk factors and bone mineral density, according to a study published online Jan. 18 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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Antenatal Screening for Hypothyroidism Not Beneficial
Screening for maternal hypothyroidism, and treatment of women with positive results, is not associated with improved IQ in offspring at age 3, according to a study published in the Feb. 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
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Diabetes & Endocrinology Conference Highlights
- Radiological Society of North America, Nov. 27-Dec. 2, 2011
- American Heart Association, Nov. 12-16, 2011
- American Society of Nephrology, Nov. 8-13, 2011
- American Society for Reproductive Medicine, Oct. 15-19, 2011
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ESC: Intensity Not Duration of Cycling Ups Survival
The relative intensity and not the duration of cycling is associated with all-cause mortality risk, and specifically coronary heart disease mortality, according to a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2011 held Aug. 27 to 31 in Paris, France.
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