Annals of internal medicine
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Obesity is a common condition and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Fortunately, weight loss treatment can reduce obesity-related complications. This review summarizes the evidence-based strategies physicians can employ to identify, prevent, and treat obesity, including best practices to diagnose and counsel patients, to assess and address the burden of weight-related disease including weight stigma, to address secondary causes of weight gain, and to help patients set individualized and realistic weight loss goals and an effective treatment plan. Effective treatments include lifestyle modification and adjunctive therapies such as antiobesity medications and metabolic and bariatric surgery.
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Comment Randomized Controlled Trial
In patients with type 2 diabetes and recent MI, colchicine reduced a composite CV outcome at 23 mo.
Roubille F, Bouabdallaoui N, Kouz S, et al. Low-dose colchicine in patients with type 2 diabetes and recent myocardial infarction in the COLchicine Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial (COLCOT). Diabetes Care. 2024;47:467-470. 38181203.
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Practice Guideline
Visual Guideline - Newer Pharmacologic Treatments in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: A Visual Clinical Guideline From the American College of Physicians.
The purpose of this visual clinical guideline is to provide a visual summary of ACP's clinical guideline, "Newer Pharmacologic Treatments in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes." In addition, this visual clinical guideline features an interactive data visualization of findings associated with ACP's clinical recommendations for this topic.