Is a patient education program cost-effective for preventing failure of endoscopic procedures in a gastroenterology department?
A pre-endoscopy patient education program apparently increase patient compliance, thereby decreasing both the need for repeated examinations and their attendant costs.
Combined treatment with omeprazole with exendin-4 reduces food intake and body weight gain, most likely through changes in plasma ghrelin and leptin levels, and improves pancreatic insulin and glucagon content by improving glucokinase activity.