Nutritional Effects on Measurement of Insulin Sensitivity
Partial replacement of carbohydrates with unsaturated fat may improve insulin sensitivity in a population at risk for cardiovascular disease....
Increases in an Inflammatory Protein Leads to Heart Disease
An inflammatory protein, calprotectin, links hyperglycemia to myelopoiesis and the increase risk of coronary heart disease....
AACE: CAD Risk for Pre-Diabetes Similar to Diabetes
Prediabetes patients show similar heart risks as those with diabetes....
Diabetes Increases Stroke Risk 12 Fold, for Those under 65
Patients with diabetes remain at greatly increased risk for ischemic stroke at all ages, but especially in the under-65 age group....
Insulin Resistance in Type 1 Teens Associated with Cardiorespiratory Fitness
Teens targeting strength, cardio fitness battle insulin resistance....
Intermittent Fasting May Improve Diabetes and Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
Fasting diets may help those with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, alongside established weight loss claims....
Hair Cortisol Predicts CVD in Seniors
The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among those with higher levels of cortisol in their hair was similar to the risk associated with hypertension or obesity....
Low-Glycemic Diet Seen to Reverse Diastolic Dysfunction of Diabetes
Decreasing carbs and increasing protein reduced insulin levels and postprandial glucose....
Being Obese in Your 20's Increases Risk of Heart Disease at 55
Danish study found overweight males in their 20s had worse health in middle age....
Diabetes Patients and Aspirin May Not Be Beneficial
Diabetes patients with no history of cardiovascular disease may not benefit from daily aspirin....
Joslin's Diabetes Deskbook, Updated 2nd Edition, Excerpt #32: Macrovascular Complications, Part 4
Richard S. Beaser, MD
Michael Johnstone, MD
Cardiovascular Risk Factors are Greater in Women with Diabetes
A survey also found that women take less medication to help improve both diabetes and cardiovascular disease....
Drug-Related Problems in Patients with Both Diabetes and Hypertension
A retrospective study with 200 patients looked at type 2 diabetes with hypertension to find the number of drug-related problems that occur in this population....
Glycemic Variability vs. A1c on Major Adverse Cardiac Events
Just how important is glycemic variability?...
The Better Choice May Be a Everolimus-Eluting Stent In Diabetic Patients
A six year study looked into drug eluting stents in diabetic patients and the risk of thrombosis....
Lack of Co-enzyme 10 May Increase Risk of Diabetes with Statin Use
Possible use of co-enzyme 10 to reduce this risk is being considered....
Apple-Shape May Increase Risk for Kidney Dysfunction
"Apple-shaped persons -- even if totally healthy and with a normal blood pressure -- have an elevated blood pressure in their kidneys."...
Resveratrol Shows No Metabolic Effect in Obese Men
Study shows data that negates resveratrol's use in metabolic disorders as a nutritional supplement....
Joslin's Diabetes Deskbook, Updated 2nd Edition, Excerpt #31: Macrovascular Complications, Part 3
Richard S. Beaser, MD
Michael Johnstone, MD
Walking Versus Running to Reduce Risk of Chronic Diseases
Which is better at lowering risk for high blood pressure, cholesterol, and diabetes?...
Joslin's Diabetes Deskbook, Updated 2nd Edition, Excerpt #30: Macrovascular Complications, Part 2
Richard S. Beaser, MD
Michael Johnstone, MD
Diabetes Meds Can Cut Heart Failure Risk by 41%
People with diabetes who are taking certain antidiabetic medications may also be taking care of their heart....
Gastric Banding Works Long Term
Gastric banding shows improvements in cardiovascular risk, lipids and glucose and the benefits persisting at 5 years and continuing....
Childhood Depression Increases Cardiac Risks in Teens
Teens who have childhood depression are at higher risk of cardiovascular diseases....
Increased Risk for Diabetes in Postmenopausal Women Using Statins
Statin medication use in postmenopausal women is associated with an increased risk for diabetes....
Cardiovascular Benefits of Green Tea and Coffee
Green tea and with coffee can reduce risk of stroke....
Reduction in A1c Relates to Decreases in hs-CRP
Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes patients with self-monitoring of blood glucose protocol have been shown to decrease high-sensitivity C-reactive protein levels....
Treatment Decreases Chest Pain in Diabetes Patients
Ranolazine is an effective anti-anginal agent shown to be effective in patients with diabetes and can also reduce the use of…
Vitamin D Supplement Beneficial for CV Health in Diabetic Patients
Daily dose of vitamin D supplement can decrease adverse cardiovascular events as the level of adiponectin....
Quitting Smoking Benefits Outweigh Those from Gaining Weight
The Framingham Offspring Study published a report showing that the cardiovascular benefits of quitting smoking outweigh the weight-gain associated health risks....
It's Not Red Meat, It's Processed Meats
The consumption of processed meats, such as bacon, sausage, and ham, has been shown to increase mortality….
PTSD Increases Risk for Developing CVD and Diabetes
Insulin resistance increases with post-traumatic stress disorder....
Top Ten Things to Know: 2011 Effectiveness-Based Guidelines for the Prevention of CVD in Women
In 2007, CVD caused about 1 death per minute among women in the US.
Beware of Calcium Supplements
Hazards of a high calcium intake….
Early Death Predicted with Cardio Risk Factors
Adolescents and young adults with a range of cardiometabolic risk factors have an increased risk of dying before they turn 55….
Elevated Troponin Levels Increase CV Risk in Diabetics
Increased Troponin levels require aggressive risk reduction efforts….
New Dialysis Method Reduces Death
A dialysis method that removes more toxins than the conventional procedure reduced the risk of death from any cause by 30%….
Mortality in Heart Failure Associated with Hyperglycemia
Elevated blood glucose level was an independent predictor of 30-day mortality in acute heart failure….
Qsymia Weight-loss Drug Improves Cardiovascular Risk Profile
The dose-related weight loss was also accompanied by improvements in cardiovascular disease risk factors....
Remove Your Stress and Decrease Risk of Diabetes
Men who are permanently stressed are significantly more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than men with no stress in their lives….
Calcium Supplements May Increase Risk of CVD Death
A high intake of supplemental calcium appears to be associated with an increased risk of CVD death in men but….
New England Journal Refutes Weight-Loss Beliefs in New Review
With data from the scientific literature, some of the most firmly held beliefs about weight loss are unproven or downright untrue....
Parents of Baby Boomers Healthier than Their Kids
Today's baby boomers do not fare very well compared with….
GLP-1 Agonists May Be Effective for Obese Adolescents
Preliminary evidence from a clinical trial suggests that treatment with GLP-1 receptor agonists was associated with….
New First-ever Guidelines for Type 2 Kids
Step One – Start on insulin, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics which has issued guidelines for the management of type 2 diabetes in children and teenagers aged 10 to 18....
FDA Approves Nesina, Kazano and Oseni Oral Medications to Treat Diabetes
A new DPP-4 inhibitor is approved along with some combinations....
Exercising on Empty Stomach Burns 20% More Fat
A new study has found that exercising on an empty stomach in the morning can….
Type 2's Need to Keep Kidneys Healthy
One in every 10 Americans has diabetes, and over a third of those will….
Women Have to Do 20% More than Men
Women have to do about 20% more exercise to get the same benefits….
The Best Predictors of Heart Disease Death Risk
Combining two measurements to predict heart disease death risk is better than any one measurement....
Which Is More Important: Blood Sugar, Blood Pressure or Cholesterol Targets?
For people with diabetes, meeting the recommended guidelines for blood pressure and cholesterol is….
Meal Times Can Affect Weight Loss Success
Eating earlier rather than later can….
Metabolic Syndrome in 40's Linked to Exercise at Age 16
Television viewing habits and leisure-time physical activity at the age of 16 years independently predicts….
Study Finds No Harm with Eggs
Have eggs come back in favor except for those with diabetes?...
Elevated Glucose Predicts Mortality
Elevated blood glucose levels at admission for acute heart failure significantly predicted 30-day mortality in a large observational study, independently of whether there was coronary artery disease, impaired ventricular or renal function, or...
Drug Adherence Linked to Communication
Diabetic patients treated by healthcare professionals who had poor communication skills were less likely to refill their cardiometabolic medications by more than 30% than those whose doctors were good communicators....
Diabetes Screens May Not Help Heart Long Term
It remains unclear whether diabetes screening at routine primary care visits will ultimately improve cardiovascular outcomes for patients....
Calcium Score Better Predictor of Diabetes CVD Death
Data from the community-based Diabetes Heart Study indicates that evaluating coronary artery calcium in addition to traditional Framingham Risk Score factors may better predict CVD mortality in patients with type 2...
Fixing Blood Flow in Diabetes Patients Reduces Risk of CVD
Percutaneous coronary intervention outcomes in diabetes patients have improved....
Diabetes Patients after Angioplasty Have Worse Outcomes
Diabetic angioplasty patients may have worse long term outcomes than those without diabetes....
Fetuin-A Levels Linked to Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Link between high fetuin-A and lower cardio risk modified by T2DM, obesity, insulin resistance....
New ADA Guidelines Ease Blood Pressure Target
New guidelines from ADA include recommendations for a less stringent systolic blood-pressure target and greater individualization with regard to the frequency of blood glucose self-monitoring....
Metformin or Glipizide to Prevent Cardiovascular Events?
Compared with glipizide, long-term therapy with metformin leads to a reduction in major cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes....
Up and Down Dieting in Older Women Causes Heart Damage
Wake Forest University researchers report that older women who lose weight and gain it back again may be increasing their risk for heart disease....
Antidepressant Doubles as Diabetes Drug
The commonly used antidepressant drug paroxetine could become a therapy for the vascular complications of diabetes....
Many Diabetic Patients Overtreated with High-dose Statins
Fourteen percent of diabetic patients without ischemic heart disease were treated with high-dose statin therapy, a finding that suggests some of these patients may be potentially overtreated....
Blood Sugar Drops, Heart Problems Rise
Hypoglycemia in type 2 diabetes may increase risk of cardiovascular events and death....
Statin Users Risk for Diabetes Hinges on Two Factors
Higher-dose atorvastatin (Lipitor) increased the risk of new-onset diabetes compared with lower statin doses, but only among patients who already had at least two risk factors for elevated blood glucose, an analysis of two randomized trials...
Treat Type 1 to Treat Atherosclerosis
Pancreatic islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes may improve atherosclerosis....
Using Linagliptin to Reduce Brain Damage after Stroke
Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new potential therapy that may reduce brain damage following stroke in type 2 diabetic patients....
Statins for Patients with Diabetes: Risk Analysis
"Although it does appear that statins may increase the chance of diabetes in high-risk patients, this should not stop us from using these drugs, as this small risk is outweighed by the substantial reduction in cardiovascular...
Multivitamins Do Not Reduce Cardiovascular Events
A study with 15,000 middle-aged male physicians using multivitamins for more than 10 years showed no benefit in reducing cardiovascular events....
Being Black Doubles the Risk for Fatal Coronary Heart Disease
In an examination of the incidence of coronary heart disease in the U.S. by race and sex, black men and women had twice the rate of fatal CHD compared with white men and women....
Aliskiren Combo Fails in High-Risk Diabetes Patients
Adding the direct renin inhibitor aliskiren to either an angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB) or an angiotensin-converting-enzyme (ACE) inhibitor didn't reduce heart or kidney events in type 2 diabetes patients at risk for such...
Lifetime Risk of Developing Cardiovascular Disease Substantial
Even in men and women with an optimal cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor profile, the lifetime risk estimate for CVD is greater than 30%, and is more than 50% for men and women overall....
Dabigatran versus Warfarin in Diabetic Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
The Randomized Evaluation of Long-Term Anticoagulation Therapy (RE-LY) was a randomized trial designed to compare two fixed doses of dabigatran, each administered in a blinded manner, with open-label use of warfarin in patients who had atrial...
Novo's Insulin Degludec Wins FDA Panel Approval
An FDA advisory committee voted 8-4 Thursday, November 8, in favor of approval of a new ultra-long-acting insulin Tresiba and its mixed insulin Ryzodeg for type 1 and type 2 diabetes....
Benefits of Weight Loss in Diabetes Questioned
Obese people with diabetes who lost weight didn't lower their risk of having a heart attack or stroke....
Gaining Weight after Diabetes Diagnosis Increases Mortality
Adults who gained weight during the first year following their initial diagnosis with type 2 diabetes had a significantly increased risk for cardiovascular-disease death and for all-cause death....
Reducing HbA1c Less than 1 Point Reduces Risk of Dying within 5 Years by 50 Percent
Patients who had suboptimal glycemic control and reduced their HbA1c value by slightly less than 1% were 50% less likely to die within 5 years than were patients whose HbA1c did not improve....
The Four Main Risk Factors for PAD
Four risk factors for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) account for the vast majority of cases....
Beans or Lentils Reduce Risk of Heart Attacks and Strokes
Eating a cup of beans or lentils every day may help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar and possibly reduce their risk of heart attacks and stroke....
Few Adopt the 7 Behaviors That Reduces Cardiac Deaths
Having more of seven heart-healthy behaviors translates to a reduced risk of death from cardiovascular disease, but only 0.2 percent are meeting all seven criteria....
More Strokes in Middle-Age than in Elderly
Data from a regional stroke registry suggest that stroke may be shifting from a disease of the elderly to a midlife health concern....
Progression of Vascular Calcification Is Increased with Statin Use
Frequent statin use is associated with accelerated coronary artery calcification in T2DM patients....
One More Study: Increasing Physical Activity Slashes CV Events and Deaths for Type 2's
Higher levels of leisure-time physical activity cut the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in people with type 2 diabetes by two-thirds....
Sulfonylurea's Cardiotoxicity Probed
The risk of ischemic events may be higher with a specific subclass of sulfonylureas....
Top 10 Sodium Overkill Culprits (Patient Handout)
Nine out of 10 Americans consume more sodium than they need, according to a new report...
Why Heart Rate Variability Is Key to Longevity and Healthy Aging
SPECIAL FEATURE: GLP-1 Agonist-based Therapies: An Emerging New Class of Antidiabetic Drug With Potential Cardioprotective Effects
Melanie Sulistio, MD, Curtis Carothers, MD, Mandeep Mange, BS, Mike Lujan, BS, Rene Ofiveros, MD, and Robert Chilton, DO
PART 2: GLP 1 Agonist-based Therapies: How do they reduce...
United States of Diabetes Report
You can use the information in this report to provide evidence for your ...
Psychology in Diabetes Care, 2nd. Ed, Part 9
Edited by Frank J. Snoek and T. Chas Skinner
Diabetes in Adolescents
Managing Clinical Problems in Diabetes, Case Study #9: Mrs. MS
Edited by Trisha Dunning AM, RN, MEd, PhD, CDE, FRCNA and Glenn Ward MBBS, BSc, DPhil (Oxon), FRACP, FRCPath
PRADAXA (DABAGATRAN), A New Anticoagulant for Stroke and Embolism Prevention
By Jennifer Freidman
2011 Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate, University of Florida
Atrial fibrillation currently affects about 2.2 million Americans. If left untreated it can cause embolism ...
Diagnosis and Management of Type 2 Diabetes, 10th Edition, Ch 15, Pt2
Long-Term Complications and Treatments: Dyslipidemia
New Product: How high is your blood pressure? Ask your iPhone
How high is your blood pressure? Ask your iPhone
iHealth Lab has announced the iHealth...
A Year of Diabetes Research 2010
Prevention, therapy and complications are the keystones for diabetes research. It would be impossible to cover all of the developments in just one feature. So here is a brief summary of some of the best for 2010.
Editor's Note: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Lifestyle Habit Changes, and More....
Every week there is a new study coming out showing the relationship between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. There are over 1.1 million Americans who will have a serious heart attack in 2011 and there are over 80 million who have one or more...
Hyperglycemic Emergencies
Lana Kravarusic
Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate, University of Florida
Letter from the Editor, August 29, 2010: Popeye vs Wimpy
It appears there is a classic battle brewing between Popeye and Wimpy as to what works better for your health. Popeye thinks he was right when he said, "I'm strong to the finich, 'Cause I eats me spinach," as a new study of over 220,000...
Heart Risk from Actos® as Great as from Avandia®, Study Suggests
According to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, the heart risk from Actos is just as great as the risk posed by Avandia according to a story published Tuesday, August 24 by the Los Angeles...
Essential Oils for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
Ivory A. Gordon, Pharm.D....
America's Silent Killer: Oprah and Dr. Oz Want to Save Your Life
By...
Preventing Medication Errors
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
The Glucose – CVD Connection: The Search For The Missing Link
There is a new study out trying to show the link between intensive glycemic control and reductions, if any, in cardiovascular endpoints. The VA Diabetes Trial of 1,800 patients, showed like other, larger trials recently published, that there was no...
The Message for World Kidney Day 2009:
Hypertension And Kidney Disease: A Marriage That Should Be Prevented is the message for WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2009 and we have a special feature written jointly by Eberhard Ritz representing the International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and George...
HIV-infected patients are at an increased risk for developing Diabetes
More and more patients with HIV are controlling their disease well. When viral loads are under control, patients often are seen by clinicians for other problems. Diabetes seems to be one of those problems that get a lot of attention. My current...
Risks for Drug Induced Pancreatitis
With all the press lately about the incretin mimetics and pancreatitis our current intern, Jennifer Webb, PharmD Candidate, FAMU has taken a look at the facts, and compared the chances of pancreatitis among classes of drugs and how the risk of...
Charcot Foot: A Potenial Risk Factor for Diabetic Patients
Charcot Foot: A Potential Risk Factor for Diabetic Patients, is a valuable report on an under diagnosed problem written by Jennifer Webb, Doctor of Pharmacy Candidate, FAMU. You may want to print this out and hand it to your patients.
Quality Measures In Cholesterol and Diabetes Management, Part 1 of 4
This week we have the first set of slides in a three-part series examining current treatment practices...
Hypertension in the Medicare Population, Part 2 of 2
In this second set of Homerun Slides on Hypertension in the Medicare Population, we review some...
Hypertension in the Medicare Population, Part 1 of 2
In this week's Homerun Slides set, we take a look at the challenges posed by an increasingly...
Achieving Glycemic Control in the Hospital Setting, Part 3 of 4
In this week's set of Homerun Slides, our topics include IV Insulin Protocols, Considerations when...
Diabetes Mellitus 101 for Medical Professionals, Part 5 of 9
In this week's Homerun Slides, we cover such topics as the Potential Mechanisms of...
Diabetes Mellitus 101 for Medical Professionals, Part 2 of 9
In this week's set of Homerun Slides,...
Sleep Apnea
If your diabetes patients have sleep apnea, they may also have hypertension....
Diabetes Microvascular Complications, Part 1 of 2
Diabetes mellitus can lead to many acute and chronic complications. The chronic...
Understanding Acute Coronary Syndrome
Over twelve and half million Americans currently have heart disease and 1.1 million...
Insulin Resistance, Part 2 of 3: Inflammation Markers
Plasminogen is an acute phase protein and precursor to plasmin, which...
