Lipid Disorders
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FREEDOM: CABG Shows Excellent Cost Effectiveness
Major Finding: Coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease had a highly favorable projected...
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Diabetes Deaths Decline in Tots and Teens
Major Finding: Deaths among children and teens aged 19 years and younger with diabetes dropped from 2.69 per million in 1968-1969 to 1.05 per...
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Weight Gain Following Diabetes Diagnosis Boosts Mortality
Major Finding:. Gaining at least 1 kg/m2 during the year after diagnosis of type 2 diabetes linked with 63% higher cardiovascular mortality...
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MI Rate Declines After Smoke-Free Laws Enacted in Olmsted County
Major Finding: The rate of incident MI dropped 34%, from 150.8/100,000 people to 100.7/100,000, after laws prohibiting smoking in public places...
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Glucose Excursions Linked to Ventricular Tachycardia
Major Finding: During 5 days of ECG recording, 28 patients had an average of more than 3,600 ventricular extrasystoles; 17 patients had couplets,...
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Hepatic Concerns Influence Panel's Vote on ApoB Inhibitor
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HbA1c Declines Cut 5-Year Death Rate
Major Finding: After 5 years, patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes who improved their HbA1c were 40% less likely to develop heart...
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Panel Supports Approval of Cholesterol Drug for Rare Disorder
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Mean Serum Lipids Have Improved Since Late 1980s
Major Finding: Total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and non-HDL cholesterol all decreased and HDL cholesterol increased during the study period of...
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Psoriasis Plus Diabetes Equals Heightened Vascular Risk
Major Finding: Patients with diabetes and psoriasis had 5-year risks of new-onset microvascular and macrovascular diabetic complications that were...
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Visceral Fat, Insulin Resistance, Weight Gain Predict Diabetes
Major Finding: Of 732 participants in the multiethnic population-based cohort study who were obese at baseline, 84 (11.5%) developed diabetes.