Acute reduction of circulating fatty acids with Acipimox improves insulin secretion in type 2 diabetic patients with low hemoglobin A1c levels.
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Issue 137 Item 2 Statins Do Not Meet Expected Cholesterol Reductions in Clinical
Level of LDL cholesterol reduction observed with statin therapy is significantly less than estimated by package inserts, that from researchers.
Read More »Issue 137 Item 12 Low Heart Rate Variability Tied to Heart Disease in Diabetics
Impaired heart rate variability is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) In type 2 diabetics.
Read More »Issue 137 Item 1 ALLHAT NIH Hypertension Study Will Change Treatments for Hypert
Surprising results from the ALLHAT study are shaking things up.
Read More »Issue 137 Item 11 ACE Inhibitor Therapy Does Not Slow Progression of Diabetic Re
ACE inhibitors do not appear to stop retinopathy from progressing from moderate to severe in type 2 diabetics, according to a recent report.
Read More »The Seven Percent Solution
When it comes to type 2 diabetes, anyone still arguing that genes are more important than environment, or vice versa, really hasn’t been paying attention. Nature vs. nurture was a lovely debate fifty years ago, but we know now that complex traits like diabetes require inputs from both inside and …
Read More »Effect of Vitamin C on Blood Pressure Unclear
Two studies yielded “diametrically opposite results.
Read More »Issue 137 Item 9 Researchers Reveal Molecule Linked to Diabetes, Heart Disease
Researchers discover that a blood-borne molecule known to make human serum also makes fat cells.
Read More »Issue 137 Item 8 Body Fat Distribution Affects Insulin Level In Children
An increase in subcutaneous abdominal fat appears to increase fasting insulin levels in growing children, according to a report in Obesity Research.
Read More »Study Shows Value of Kidney Transplant Over Dialysis
The longer patients on dialysis wait for kidney transplants once they develop “end-stage” kidney failure, the poorer their outcomes.
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