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Obesity Associated With More Healthcare Usage During Pregnancy
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Pregnant women who are overweight or obese have longer hospital stays for delivery and use more healthcare services than normal-weight women, according to a report in the April 3rd issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. Reuters Health Information
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Long-term Effects of Pegvisomant in Patients With Acromegaly
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Some patients with acromegaly cannot attain biochemical remission despite various therapeutic approaches. Pegvisomant suppresses insulin-like growth factor 1 production. The efficacy and related risks and benefits of this therapy for acromegaly are described. Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism
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Brothers of Women With PCOS Share Some of the Same Metabolic Defects
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Brothers of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) are likely to exhibit a metabolic phenotype of dyslipidemia and insulin resistance, suggesting that these defects are heritable and are not sex specific, a team of endocrinologists reports in the June issue of Diabetes Care. Reuters Health Information
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