August 15, 2020 : Issue #1055

TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research

Sugar Intake Linked to Fat Deposits Around the Heart

Noise Exposure Leads to Hyperglycemia

Diabetes and Intubation In COVID-19

We have all talked to our patients about the need to reduce their sugar consumption, and although there are sugar substitutes and lots of evidence why sugar should be reduced, our consumption has continued to increase.

Our focus has always been on diabetes and weight gain as reasons to reduce sugar consumption, but now the AHA has taken a stand on reducing sugar for a totally different reason. Check out this week’s feature article from our University of Colorado PharmD candidate Fairuz Afram, and find out why the AHA has taken such a severe position.

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Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief

Increased pericardial adipose tissue volume leads to coronary heart disease, coronary artery calcification, atrial fibrillation, and reduced left ventricular function. 

Stress hormones triggered by noise exposure affect insulin secretion and sensitivity.

With a limited supply of mechanical ventilators, it is important to recognize patients with risk factors associated with the need for mechanical ventilation.   

 Unlike type 2 diabetes, which has been linked to obesity and other lifestyle factors, type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented. Type 1 diabetes primarily affects those under the age of 25. Researchers say they have found a new, more accurate way to predict which babies will develop type 1 diabetes – potentially opening up the possibility of preventive treatment. 

As outlined last week in a letter published by the journal Nature Medicine, the researchers say they have developed a “combined risk score” test that takes into account genetics, family history of diabetes, and biomarkers known to be linked to type 1 diabetes. When all those elements were considered together, the researchers report that they were able to “approach dramatically improved prediction of which children would develop type 1 diabetes,” forecasting whether children under the age of two would end up with type 1 diabetes by the age of eight.   

They have already followed 7800 children at a high risk of developing type 1 diabetes, from birth over nine years, for “The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young” (TEDDY) study. TEDDY study is now being put to a trial. The researchers say the same approach could potentially be used to predict whether newborns will develop other childhood diseases that are strongly linked to genetics, including celiac disease.  

Diabetes in Control gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following pharmacy doctoral candidates in the preparation of this week’s newsletters:

Fairuz Afram, PharmD Candidate, University of Colorado, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Zahra Hashemy, PharmD. Candidate, USF Taneja College of Pharmacy

Sameen Khan, Pharm.D. Candidate, USF College of Pharmacy 

Jessica Rogers, PharmD candidate, University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences  

Stephen Rubano, PharmD. Candidate, USF Taneja College of Pharmacy

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