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Diet, exercise and metformin curb metabolic side effects of androgen suppression

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Lifestyle changes and treatment with metformin may offset the development of the metabolic syndrome related to androgen deprivation therapy in men with prostate cancer, a UK team has shown in a small pilot study. “For men requiring even a short course of androgen suppression,...

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Diabetes patients do better with more frequent doctor contacts

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with diabetes achieve faster control of A1C, blood pressure and cholesterol targets when they see or have contact with their primary care provider every 2 weeks rather than less frequently, a Massachusetts-based team has shown. “Encounters every 2 weeks may,...

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Familial hypercholesterolemia doesn’t affect pregnancy outcome

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) do not appear to be at increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, Norwegian researchers report in a September 12th on-line paper in Circulation. “The bottom line,” Dr. Per Ole Iversen told Reuters Health by email,...

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