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161 Biliopancreatic diversion in nonobese patients with type 2 diabetes: impact and mechanisms Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, May 13, 2013 Review Article
162 Percutaneous Laser Ablation of Metastatic Lymph Nodes in the Neck From Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Preliminary Results Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
163 Genome-wide association study in a Chinese population identifies a susceptibility locus for type 2 diabetes at 7q32 near PAX4 Diabetologia - Clinical and Experimental Diabetes and Metabolism, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
164 Fasting and meal-stimulated residual beta cell function is positively associated with serum concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines and negatively associated with anti-inflammatory and regulatory cytokines in patients with longer term type 1 diabetes Diabetologia - Clinical and Experimental Diabetes and Metabolism, May 13, 2013 Review Article
165 Effect of Hormone Replacement Therapy on Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials PLOS ONE, May 13, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
166 Effects of Medical Therapies for Acromegaly on Glucose Metabolism European Journal of Endocrinology, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
167 Mortality outcomes of different sulfonylurea drugs. The results of a 14-year cohort study of type 2 diabetic patients European Journal of Endocrinology, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
168 Simultaneous Expression Analysis of Vitamin D Receptor, Calcium Sensing Receptor, Cyclin D1 and PTH in Symptomatic Primary Hyperparathyroidism in Asian Indians European Journal of Endocrinology, May 13, 2013 Review Article
169 Study Design and Rationale of a Dose-Ranging Trial of LX4211, a Dual Inhibitor of SGLT1 and SGLT2, in Type 2 Diabetes Inadequately Controlled on Metformin Monotherapy Full Text Clinical Cardiology, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
170 Epidemiology of blindness attributable to diabetes in Scotland: change over 20 years in a defined population Diabetic Medicine, May 13, 2013 Review Article
171 Pre-diabetes in adults 45 years and over in Ireland: the Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland 2007 Diabetic Medicine, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
172 Developing long-acting growth hormone formulations Clinical Endocrinology, May 13, 2013 Review Article
173 Cytoreductive surgery combined with hyperthermic intrapleural chemotherapy to treat thymoma or thymic carcinoma with pleural dissemination Full Text OncoTargets and Therapy, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
174 Advanced medullary thyroid cancer: pathophysiology and management Full Text Cancer Management and Research, May 13, 2013 Clinical Article
175 Efficacy of individualized homeopathic treatment and fluoxetine for moderate to severe depression in peri- and postmenopausal women (HOMDEP-MENOP): study protocol for a randomized, double-dummy, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Full Text Trials, May 10, 2013 Clinical Article
176 Characteristics Associated With Maintenance of Mean A1C <6.5% in People With Dysglycemia in the ORIGIN Trial Diabetes Care, May 10, 2013 Clinical Article
177 Paraoxonase is reduced in patients with growth hormone deficiency: A novel risk factor for atherosclerosis Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, May 10, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Clinical Article
178 Estimating the Population Prevalence of Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes Diabetes Care, May 10, 2013 Clinical Article
179 Fat Distribution and Glucose Intolerance Among Greenland Inuit Diabetes Care, May 10, 2013 Review Article
180 Are diabetes risk scores useful for the prediction of cardiovascular diseases? Assessment of seven diabetes risk scores in the KORA S4/F4 cohort study Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, May 10, 2013 Clinical Article
Among 130 patients requiring mechanical ventilation, 107 were vitamin D-deficient (< 20 ng/ml). Of the patients who did not survive, the length of survival was shorter in the vitamin D-deficient patients (15.3 vs. 24.2 days, respectively).
Read the article summaryResearchers at Tel-Aviv University have conducted a study to determine the value of coronary artery calcium (CAC) measurements in cardiovascular risk stratification in patients with T2DM and HTN. The study involved 423 patients enrolled in the International Nifedipine Study: Intervention as Goal for Hypertension Therapy. The patients had baseline CT scans for CAC measurement at baseline and were shown to be free of disease. Follow-up CT scans were performed at 3 and 15 years. Cardiovascular events (CVEs) occurred in 41 of 423 patients at 3 years and 111 of 268 patients at 15 years of follow-up. CVEs occurred in 15% and 52% (CAC+) and 7% and 32% (CAC-) of patients with T2DM at 3 and 15 years of follow-up, respectively. Compared to patients without T2DM and no CAC, the HRs for a CVE were 6.6 and 3.9 in T2DM patients with and without CAC, respectively.
Read the article summaryResearchers at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam have evaluated 12 measures (N-terminal fragment of prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide levels, von Willebrand factor antigen levels, fibrinogen levels, chronic kidney disease, leukocyte count, C-reactive protein levels, homocysteine levels, uric acid levels, coronary artery calcium [CAC] scores, carotid intima–media thickness, peripheral arterial disease, and pulse wave velocity), in addition to Framingham risk scores for predicting coronary heart disease. Only the CAC was shown to add significantly to the Framingham risk score in predicting coronary heart disease.
Read the article summary1 Walking Versus Running for Hypertension, Cholesterol, and Diabetes Mellitus Risk Reduction Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, April 17, 2013
2 Canagliflozin Compared With Sitagliptin for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Who Do Not Have Adequate Glycemic Control With Metformin Plus Sulfonylurea: A 52-week randomized trial Diabetes Care, April 9, 2013
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Vitamin D Levels for Preventing Acute Coronary Syndrome and Mortality: Evidence of a Non-Linear Association
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, March 27, 2013
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4 Treatment of Iron-deficiency Anemia in Patients with Subclinical Hypothyroidism American Journal of Medicine, April 18, 2013
5 Testosterone and cardiovascular risk Internal and Emergency Medicine, March 21, 2013
6 Effects of vitamin D supplementation on body fat accumulation, inflammation, and metabolic risk factors in obese adults with low vitamin D levels -- Results from a randomized trial European Journal of Internal Medicine , April 11, 2013
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The endocrinology of exercise
Internal and Emergency Medicine, March 27, 2013
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8 The Importance of 24-Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring in Patients at Risk of Cardiovascular Events High Blood Pressure & Cardiovascular Prevention, April 16, 2013
9 Predictors of diabetic nephropathy Central European Journal of Medicine, April 23, 2013
10 Masked Hypertension in Diabetes Mellitus-Treatment Implications for Clinical Practice Hypertension, April 19, 2013
11 Antihypertensive therapy: nocturnal dippers and nondippers. Do we treat them differently? Vascular Health and Risk Management, March 26, 2013 Free full text
12 Detecting and controlling diabetic nephropathy: What do we know? Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, April 3, 2013 Free full text
13 Bariatric surgery for type 2 diabetes The Lancet, March 20, 2013
14 Sitagliptin pretreatment in diabetes patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome: results from the Acute Coronary Syndrome Israeli Survey (ACSIS) Cardiovascular Diabetology, March 29, 2013 Free full text
15 Effect of Morbid Obesity on In-Hospital Mortality and Coronary Revascularization Outcomes After Acute Myocardial Infarction in the United States The American Journal of Cardiology, April 5, 2013
16 Teriparatide for Idiopathic Osteoporosis in Premenopausal Women: A Pilot Study Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, April 5, 2013
17 Comparison of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Patients With Type-1 and Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, April 1, 2013
18 The impact of coffee on health Maturitas, February 26, 2013
19 Mortality and Morbidity During and After Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial Hypertension, April 19, 2013
20 Vildagliptin in addition to metformin improves retinal blood flow and erythrocyte deformability in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus -- results from an exploratory study Cardiovascular Diabetology, April 12, 2013 Free full text
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