Study answers questions of risk difference based on demographics.

Medication use may be associated with increased risk of mortality.

New study assesses increased risk of type 2, most beneficial method of raising vitamin D levels.

SGLT-2 inhibitors, GLP-1 agonists, and DPP-4 inhibitors compared in reducing mortality and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2.

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How many new “first-in-class” treatments for diabetes are in the diabetes pipeline as of May 2018? A. 7 B. 28 C. 56 D. 107 E. 152 Follow the link for the answer.

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In this week's Homerun Slides, medical nutrition therapy for treatment of hypertension.

When designing any risk scoring system, those proposing such a score must weigh up various competing factors. Metabolic syndrome benefits from the inclusion of clear (and now unambiguous, with the exception of waist circumference) criteria. However equal weighting is given to the five criteria while it is known that they do not contribute equally to the development of cardiometabolic disease. As noted above, two of the five criteria are strongly linked to cardiovascular disease but only weakly to risk of developing diabetes.

Diagnosis can be the first symptom of chronic diseases regardless of obesity.