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Letter from the Editor
Dr. Atkins always said that his low carb plan would lower cholesterol if you followed it for at least 6 months. (He also acknowledged that it could go up during the beginning of the program.) So is it true that it works, or is it not? This week, our intern Zahra Hashemy, PharmD. Candidate, USF Taneja College of Pharmacy, has completed significant research on what multiple studies have shown. If you want to know if it is true or false, then check out her feature on low carbohydrate diets.
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Dave Joffe
Editor-in-chief
TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research
A cohort study evaluated the relationship between the severity of newly diagnosed diabetic retinopathy in adult patients and the incidence of progression to sustained blindness.
Patients with COVID-19 may be at risk for developing stress-related hyperglycemia, which in turn could increase diabetes risk.
Lowering saturated fats in the diet for Familial Hypercholesterolemia is not supported by randomized controlled trials.