Lipid Disorders
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Calcium and vitamin D improve metabolic profile in gestational diabetes
Key clinical point: Calcium and vitamin D improved levels of fasting glucose, serum insulin, and LDL cholesterol in women with GDM.Major finding:...
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LDL cholesterol not a good marker of CVD in type 1 diabetes
Key clinical point: In type 1 diabetes, the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL better predicted CVD than did LDL cholesterol level.Major finding:...
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Glucose lights up the adolescent brain
Key clinical point: Reward centers of the adolescent brain may be susceptible to sugar. Major finding: Glucose ingestion increased cerebral blood...
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Fatty heart may bring on diabetes
Key clinical point: The greater the volume of pericardial adipose tissue, the greater the risk of diabetes.Major finding: In a logistic regression...
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Weight loss greater with higher-dose liraglutide in diabetes
Key clinical point: An investigational 3-mg/day dose of liraglutide may be more effective than 1.8 mg for weight loss in diabetes.Major finding:...
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Diabetes found in 17% of MI patients in registry
Key clinical point: Nearly one-fifth of MI patients have undiagnosed diabetes, and their 3-year mortality was similar whether they had a STEMI or...
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VIDEO: Teen brain reacts to sugar differently
Guidelines
VIDEO: ACC/AHA lipid guidelines and diabetes
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Diabetes risk declines as diet quality improves
Key clinical point: No matter how you eat now, improving diet quality is significantly associated with reduced risk for diabetes.
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CKD considered a type 2 diabetes risk equivalent in CAD patients
Key clinical point: Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease contribute synergistically to cardiac event risk in patients with established...
Guidelines
Poor cardiovascular health predicted cognitive impairment
Key clinical point: Intermediate or high cardiovascular health can lower the risk of cognitive impairment, compared with low CVH.