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Most dietary supplements mislabeled, may cause liver injury

Most dietary supplements mislabeled, may cause liver injury

WASHINGTON — Mislabeling or omission of ingredients occurs frequently in herbal and dietary supplements, especially among bodybuilding and weight loss products, according to a presentation at The Liver Meeting 2017. “We have found that the dietary supplements are a common cause of liver injury,” Victor J. Navarro, MD, from the department of transplantation at the Einstein Healthcare

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~10% of diabetes cases go undiagnosed in the US

~10% of diabetes cases go undiagnosed in the US

Undiagnosed diabetes makes up a relatively small proportion of total diabetes cases in the United States, challenging estimates that suggest 25% to 33% of diabetes cases go undiagnosed, according to cross-sectional data published in Annals of Internal Medicine. “Understanding the burden of undiagnosed diabetes is critical to the evaluation and monitoring of public health efforts related

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Gestational diabetes often leads to poor metabolic health in offspring

Gestational diabetes often leads to poor metabolic health in offspring

Children of mothers who had gestational diabetes are more likely to have increased adiposity, an adverse cardiometabolic profile and early onset of puberty in girls compared with children whose mothers did not have gestational diabetes, study data from Denmark show. Louise G. Grunnet, PhD, MSc, of the department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen and

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ADA: Lifestyle management key to treating patients with diabetes

ADA Lifestyle management key to treating patients with diabetes

In this year’s Standards of Medical Care, the American Diabetes Association emphasizes that lifestyle management is the key to treating patients with diabetes, according to a review article published in Osteopathic Family Physician.“The cornerstone of treatment of patients with diabetes is lifestyle management. In the vast landscape of advice on diet and exercise, it is important to

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High magnesium intake helps reduce type 2 diabetes risk in quality of carbs study

High magnesium intake helps reduce type 2 diabetes risk in quality of carbs study

Eating a diet rich in magnesium can help reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, according to new research. Scientists from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health found that high magnesium intake intake was also strongly associated with reduced type 2 diabetes risk which persisted to an extent even when participants were consuming a poorer quality of starchy foods.

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