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In children newly diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), obesity is associated with increased disease activity and limited access to healthy food in chain grocery stores, suggests a Canada study.

An electronic health record (EHR)-integrated, alert-based computerized decision support (CDS) tool contributes to increased urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) testing and early detection of elevated albuminuria among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D), as shown in the CKD-DETECT trial.

In women receiving hormone therapy for breast cancer, both mat Pilates and belly dance can help improve cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition, as shown in a study.

In the real-world treatment of patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes, the probability of achieving combined weight and glycaemic targets is higher with sleeve gastrectomy than with either tirzepatide or semaglutide, according to a retrospective cohort study.

Low levels of free testosterone (FT) appear to contribute to frailty in male patients with advanced chronic liver disease (CLD), according to a study.

An AI-based optical coherence tomography (AI-OCT) system for add-on secondary screening of diabetic macula oedema (DME) reduces false-positive DME referrals by 45 percent vs standard screening by fundus photography alone, a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Hong Kong has shown.

Metabolic pathways play a significant role in the development of severe mental disorders, as well as in unravelling disorder-specific aetiologies, suggests a recent study.