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For patients with obesity, type 2 diabetes, and eGFR 20 to 60 mL/min/1.73 m2, metabolic surgery is associated with a lower risk for progression of kidney impairment compared with GLP-1RA treatment.

Casual blood glucose testing at 24 to 28 gestational weeks misses about 70% of women with gestational diabetes.

Transplant success is observed among patients with MASLD and autoimmune hepatitis, though outcomes were similar long-term vs the control groups.

Microaneurysm size can be effectively reduced in patients with diabetic macular edema with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy.

There are high incidence rates of cardiovascular-related hospitalizations and mortality in patients with MPHV and poor anticoagulation.

Levothyroxine therapy was not associated with differences in cognitive decline among women with vs without hypothyroidism across menopause.

Among women with HIV, menstruation may be impacted by substance use and food insecurity, both of which are modifiable risk factors for amenorrhea.

Difficult-to-treat IBD is prevalent among approximately a quarter of individuals with IBD in a tertiary care setting.

Glycemic control achievement within the first 5 years of diabetes diagnosis has improved in non-White patients but still lags behind White patients.

Benign adrenal tumors were associated with an increased risk for other cancers, including thyroid, lung, stomach, and bladder.

Black and Hispanic patients with preeclampsia are less likely to receive postpartum primary care or cardiology follow-up within 1 year after delivery.