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Liver Fat Increased in Type 2 Diabetes
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Patients with type 2 diabetes have substantially more fat in their livers than nondiabetics of the same weight, investigators in Finland report. However, liver enzyme levels underestimate liver fat content in diabetics. Reuters Health Information
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Growth Hormone Precursor May Cut Cardiac Risks in Men With HIV
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A novel growth hormone precursor improves cardiovascular risk profiles without increasing glucose levels, and reduces visceral abdominal fat without affecting subcutaneous fat, in HIV-infected men on antiretroviral drugs, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine for December 6. Reuters Health Information
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Panel Calls for Using HbA1c to Screen for Diabetes
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Measurement of HbA1c should be used as a screening and diagnostic test for diabetes, an expert panel recommends in a report slated for publication in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Reuters Health Information
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