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Missing those notifications could delay needed care for patients, according to the 2600 physicians, nurse practitioners and physicians assistants surveyed. The findings suggest that missed results in EHRs might be related to information overload from alert notifications, electronic handoffs in care, and practitioner perceptions of poor EHR usability.JAMA Intern Med. …

In its final stages, the BioHub would mimic a pancreas and act as a home for transplanted islet cells, providing them with oxygen until they could establish their own blood supply.Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami

Healthy people in a laboratory study who slept for no more than six hours a night showed suppression in genes that regulate metabolism as well as the immune system and stress response, which may increase their risk of diabetes, obesity and heart disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences …

Diners using the alternative menus ate fewer calories than those who ordered off standard menus. People who are not health conscious, however, are “precisely the people that menu labeling laws are often trying to influence.” International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Feb. 2013

Physicians who attended medical schools that restricted industry-provided meals and gifts were less likely to prescribe brand-name drugs than those whose schools did not implement such restrictions. Another study supported the findings, noting lower prescribing of widely promoted, brand-name drugs after gift bans became common. American Medical News

Long-acting reversible contraceptives were associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in obese women. Data on three types of birth-control methods showed women who had progestin-releasing LARC devices implanted under the skin had a 10% increase in fasting blood glucose levels, compared with a 5% increase in those …

Participants who underwent short but frequent bouts of exercise showed better fat metabolism compared with those who completed one continuous session, a study found. The volunteers took part in two 39-hour sessions (2 nights, 3 days) during which they stayed in a respiratory chamber that allows carbon dioxide and oxygen …

Researchers examined the correlation between markers of insulin resistance, markers of adiposity, HbA1c, and cognitive performance in a sample of 1,172 adults aged 35 to 64 years without diabetes. In tests evaluating processing speed, elevated markers of adiposity correlated with poor cognitive performance. In each test, the probability of being …

Among people in the study who got at least two and a half hours of weekly exercise, car commuters gained an average of four pounds over four years — one pound more than people who got to work another way or worked from home. Of 822 study participants, only those …

New Research from the Institut Paul Bocuse in France suggests eating small amounts of food more frequently during the day may help keep people from gaining weight. The study included 20 men and found those who ate four mini-breakfasts ate less for lunch than when they consumed all their breakfast …