Racial/ethnic differences seen in the association of aldosterone with incident type 2 diabetes
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Reported death counts limited by physician lack of awareness of death certification process
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Also, recommendations for type of insulin for type 1 and type 2 diabetes in low-resource settings
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Excess risk differed by up to five times across different diagnosis age groups
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Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors linked to 12 cases of Fournier's gangrene
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