For older patients with at least three months of musculoskeletal pain,
emotional awareness and expression therapy (EAET) may be a more effective
treatment than cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to a study
published online June 13 in JAMA Network Open.
Most patients taking survodutide, a dual agonist of glucagon receptor and glucagon-like
peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor, experience significant improvement in metabolic
dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) without worsening of fibrosis,
according to a phase 2 study published online June 7 in the New England
Journal of Medicine to coincide with the annual congress of the European
Association for the Study of the Liver, held from June 5 to 8 in Milan.
Xylitol is associated with incident major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE)
risk, according to a study
published online June 6 in the European Heart Journal.
Bariatric surgery significantly decreases the conversion from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes,
according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Metabolic
and Bariatric Surgery, held from June 9 to 13 in San Diego.
Read more stories like these with a subscription to our weekly newsletter for
healthcare professionals
MorningMed.
Thank you for reading! More next week,
My best wishes for a productive and idea-filled week ahead. Thanks for your ongoing efforts to improve the lives of the patients we all serve. Please send any news, comments, suggestions and ideas to hello@morningmed.email.
