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Aurora, Colo. (Dec. 10, 2020) - Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with type 2 diabetes, and youth with severe obesity and type 2 diabetes face a high risk of developing cardiovascular disease during their lifetime. However, in a recently published study in
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases, researchers at Children s Hospital Colorado (Children s Colorado) determined that the long-term risk of cardiovascular events including heart attack, congestive heart failure, stroke and coronary death was reduced by almost threefold for teenagers with type 2 diabetes who underwent bariatric surgery compared to those whose diabetes was only managed medically. The incidence of youth-onset type 2 diabetes is increasing in the U.S., translating to premature mortality from cardiovascular disease and other chronic diseases such as diabetic kidney disease, said Petter Bjornstad, MD, an endocrinologist at Children s Colorado and one of the study s auth
Federal Grant Funds Opioid-Management Method for Older Adults in Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center reports it recently received a $2.5 million federal grant to tailor methods of treating chronic pain to the older adult population – with an emphasis on decreasing the use of opioids – and to disseminate those best practices to primary care clinics across Oklahoma.
The grant, from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, will allow physicians and researchers to concentrate solely on older adults, and to establish standards of pain management that prioritize non-opioid medications and treatments, University of Oklahoma note in a media release.