A protein kinase known as ROCK1 can exacerbate an important process called fission in the mitochondria, the power plants of cells, leading to diabetic kidney disease.…

Maintaining or improving current fitness levels, as well as not packing on the fat pounds, are both independently associated with a lower risk of developing hypertension, metabolic syndrome, and hypercholesterolemia in healthy adults.…

Fat people have less than thin people. Older people have less than younger people. Men have less than younger women.…

Only one in three people in the US say their doctor advised them to start exercising or continue doing so during an office visit over the course of a year.…

In Los Angeles and Chicago, programs designed to improve the management of diabetes in underserved populations appear to be working.…

Oral blood samples drawn from deep pockets of periodontal inflammation can be used to measure hemoglobin A1c. Having dentists find those patients with pre-diabetes and diabetes and then referring them to their primary care doctor could have a major impact on finding those patients much earlier in the progression of …

Plasma 25(OH)D concentration not tied to glucose homeostasis, insulin sensitivity, beta-cell function.…

Sweat gland innervation index associated with glycated hemoglobin levels.…

Genetic predisposition to low HDL cholesterol or high triglycerides associated with increased risk of diabetes….

Ranolazine is a medication used for the prevention of angina which also seems to have a positive effect on A1c. This makes it a very important drug for cardiometabolic treatment according to Stan Schwartz MD, FACP, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, U of Pa. Check out this week’s Homerun Slides …