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Patients who have had bariatric surgery may need to take dietary supplements and pay closer attention to their nutritional intake, a UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests. The study tracked a group of gastric banding patients and found that despite nutritional counseling over a three-month period, most still did not …

When researchers at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health followed 7,738 kids over the course of nine years they found that kindergarteners who were overweight had four times the risk of becoming obese by the age of 14 years as normal-weight kindergartners. More than 45% of the obesity cases that …

Diabetes patients who participated in a text message initiative attained significant reductions in A1c, greater satisfaction, and fewer visits to nondiabetes specialists at six months compared with a control group, a study indicated. Patients in the treatment arm also had lower medical expenses during the same period than the controls. …

"Guidelines calling for influenza vaccinations in diabetic, in addition to elderly, adults implicitly single out working-age adults with diabetes. We found that working-age adults with diabetes appear more susceptible to serious influenza-attributable illness. These findings represent the strongest available evidence for targeting diabetes as an indication for influenza vaccination, irrespective …

Researchers examined the interplay between supersize pricing strategies and the effect on health by evaluating both marketing theories and public policy implications. The researchers found that "supersize" pricing strategies not only lead to greater purchase and consumption, but that they do so by impacting important consumer goals in unrelated areas, …

The FDA is asking that the number of calories be more prominent, the amount of added sugar and percentage of whole wheat be included, and for more clarity on serving sizes. Recommended serving sizes for some foods may be adjusted. An Agriculture Department study said 42% of working adults used …

For the first time in an annual report on tobacco by the U.S. Surgeon General’s office, smoking was linked to diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, macular degeneration, ectopic pregnancies and impaired immune function. And in addition to lung cancer, 13 other cancers have now been linked to the habit and secondhand smoke …

European regulators have approved Xigduo for type 2 diabetes in the first green light for a fixed dose combination of an SGLT2 inhibitor and metformin. The drug combines in a twice daily tablet dapagliflozin an SGLT2 inhibitor that reduces the reabsorption of excess glucose, and metformin. FDA News Release 

Today only 1.6 million of people with diabetes who own a smartphone use a mobile application to manage their diabetes. However, the Research Guidance firm predicts that by 2018 that number will rise to 24 million users, or 7.8% of smartphone owners with diabetes. Changes in the conception of mobile apps, from …

Tandem Initiates Voluntary Recall for Specific Lots of Pump Cartridges  All lots of the cholesterol drug marketed as Liptruzet (ezetimibe and atorvastatin) across four doses are being recalled, the manufacturer, Merck, announced. The recall affects tablets in the 10/10-mg, 10/20-mg, 10/40-mg, and 10/80-mg dosages.