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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 …

A survey by LocumTenens.com showed 60% of US physicians expressed willingness to join an Accountable Care Organization, with pay-for-performance cited as the preferred payment model. The survey involved 1,416 physicians from a variety of specialties. BeckersHospitalReview.com

A team of American scientists has successfully reprogrammed insulin-producing cells in an effort to discover a new way to fight diabetes. They treated human islet cells with a chemical that inhibits a protein that puts methyl chemical groups on histones, which leads to removal of some histone modifications that affect …

Lixisenatide (Lyxumia) has been accepted for review by the FDA. French drugmaker Sanofi said on Tuesday that its experimental GLP-1 once-daily diabetes drug lixisenatide (Lyxumia) has been accepted for review by the FDA. Sanofi is set to launch the drug in Europe shortly.

People who drank diet soda did not appear to consume more sugary and fatty foods than did those who chose water. Diet soda drinkers ate fewer desserts at six months compared with their habits before the study started, while those who drank water consumed more fruits and vegetables than they …

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

The reason for the difference is unclear but may be related to elevation’s effect on appetite hormones, growth and metabolism. A drop in the risk of a person being obese was tied to every 200 m (about 660 ft) increase in elevation. International Journal of Obesity, online January 29, 2013

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 …