Study looks at using easy-to-measure variables to calculate the decline of a patient’s beta cells and incorporating this into routine tests.

Which of the following is accurate regarding the diagnosis and workup of patients with hypertriglyceridemia?

A. The Endocrine Society recommends using nonfasting triglyceride levels over fasting triglyceride levels for the diagnosis of hypertriglyceridemia.
B. Type IV hyperlipidemia is characterized by abnormal elevations of VLDL, and triglyceride levels are almost always less than 1000 mg/dL; serum cholesterol levels are normal.
C. A standard lipid profile using the Friedewald equation to calculate the LDL cholesterol value is only useful if the triglyceride level is more than 400-500 mg/dL.
D. he Endocrine Society recommends routinely measuring lipoprotein particle heterogeneity in patients with hypertriglyceridemia.

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Do you provide pharmaceutical treatment for your patients who have prediabetes besides motivating them to change lifestyles? Follow the link to share your experience.

Risk increased for lower-limb amputation, diabetic ketoacidosis compared with GLP1 receptor agonists

AMA, CDC launch a campaign to raise awareness about prediabetes

Lower all-cause mortality in CABG group versus PCI-DES group after median follow-up of 7.5 years

Findings among Medicaid, state employee health insurance programs in 2009 to 2017

For patients with prediabetes, changes in risk indicators during intervention tied to T2DM, CVD risk

Over the past couple of weeks, we have been sharing a slide series on the use of CGM and the value for our patients. This has been one of our most viewed slide series and indicates to us that you want to offer your patients the best technology for managing …

A 60-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes and no serious health complications began an exercise program as part of a research study. It involved doing an hour of moderate aerobic exercise three days per week in a supervised setting (at a local Y). She showed up to all the training sessions, stating about a month into the 12-week training program that she was so happy to be active again, that she felt so much better physically and mentally and felt like she had “found herself” again.