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  • Guidelines for Medical Care of Postbariatric PatientsNew guidelines from the European Association for the Study of Obesity provide recommendations targeting primary care clinicians who manage patients after bariatric surgery.
  • Early-Onset Type 2 Diabetes 'Not a Benign Condition'Patients who were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at age 18 to 45 (early-onset) had the highest prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and worst glycemic control in a Danish national cohort.
  • New Guidelines on Nausea, Vomiting in PregnancyClinicians should treat nausea and vomiting of pregnancy as early as possible, according to new guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

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  • Want More Referrals? Here's How Getting referrals and developing a referral network have grown more difficult. Physicians have to work harder to cultivate referring relationships. Here are effective ways to get more referrals.
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