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In patients with stable type 2 diabetes, a low-glycemic index diet for six months gave a modestly better reduction in HbA1c concentration compared to a high-cereal fiber diet. A high withdrawal rate raises questions about the practicality of adhering to the diet.
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In the United States, approximately $23 billion are spent on multivitamins yearly. At least half of all Americans take some kind of supplement, the majority of which are multivitamin/minerals.
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The FDA is requiring a boxed warning on sodium phosphate bowel-cleansing products because of the risk of acute phosphate nephropathy associated with use of these products.
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Thrombolytic therapy during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does not improve outcomes according to a new study.
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What's the best drug combination with an ACE inhibitor for treatment of hypertension in patients at risk for cardiovascular disease?
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There is a 40% chance that your patients are using complementary and alternative remedies according to new report from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention.
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Hypothermia has been recorded throughout history. Galen, personal physician to Marcus Aurelius, wrote in his treatise "Hygiene" that newborns should be wrapped in swaddling clothes because, "it is necessarily going to come in contact with cold and heat."