Lipid Disorders
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Frequent Hot Flashes? Check Lipid Levels
Major Finding: LDL levels among women with 6 or more days of hot flashes peaked at approximately 125 mg/dL during a 2-week period, compared with a...
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Cardiac Risk in Diabetes Often Overestimated
Major Finding: The annual combined rate of cardiovascular death or nonfatal MI was 2.4% in a prospective series of diabetes patients with stable...
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Stroke Risk Surges After 10 Years in Diabetes Patients
Major Finding: Study participants with at least a 10-year history of diabetes had more than three times greater risk for stroke than did...
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FDA Approves Juvisync for Diabetes, High Cholesterol
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Small Changes Count in Type 2 Diabetes Patients
Major Finding: Reducing HbA1c, blood pressure, and weight could avert up to 21% of cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes.Data...
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U.S. Diabetes-Free Life Expectancy on the Decline
Major Findings: While life expectancy increased between the 1980s and the early 2000s for Americans, diabetes-free life expectancy shrank by 1.7...
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DPP-4 Inhibitors May Be Cardioprotective
Major Finding: Type 2 diabetes patients taking DPP-4 inhibitors had a statistically significant 31% reduced incidence of cardiovascular events,...
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Continuous Glucose Monitor Accurate Post-Cardiac Surgery
Major Finding: While StO2 and PVD were impaired in the first hours after surgery, at no point were any microcirculatory parameters significantly...
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Diabetes Linked to Carotid Artery Thickness in Young Adults
Major Finding: Type 1 diabetes had a significantly thicker internal cIMT, compared with controls (mean, 0.56 mm vs. 0.50 mm, respectively), with a...
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Statin Cuts Recurrent Stroke Risk Similarly in Diabetic, Nondiabetic Patients
Major Finding: The rate of recurrent stroke was 18% in patients with type 2 diabetes, 11% in patients with metabolic syndrome, and 11% in patients...