In patients with type 2 diabetes who did not have cardiovascular disease, impaired function of cardiac autonomic measures correlated with reduced coronary reserve flow.
A mindful self-compassion program can reduce HbA1C levels, depression, and diabetes-specific distress in patients with diabetes.
Only 54% of patients with self-reported diabetes reported an HbA1C target while others reported they did not know or that no target was set.
In addition to lifestyle-medical management, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with improved achievement of diabetes treatment goals.
First study to show the opposite effect of sleep problems on diabetes risk in men and women.
Researchers conducted an analysis to investigate major adverse events in acute coronary syndrome patients with diabetes using data from the PROSPECT study.
Compared to patients who didn’t have diabetes, those with the disease were 56% more likely to die if they had an acute myocardial infarction caused by a completely blocked coronary artery.
Death from cardiovascular disease was 2.4% higher per year among those patients with diabetes, 7.3% higher in patients with chronic kidney disease, and 14.8% higher in patients with both conditions.
Novel lipid mediators are involved in beneficial anti-inflammatory effects attributed to omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Weighted genetic risk score based on 73 genetic risk variants correlated with an increased risk of impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes.
