April 20, 2021 : Issue #1125

TOP STORIES — Diabetes News and Research

Brain Health And HbA1c In Prediabetes

Relationship Between Glycemic Index and CVD

Type 1 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

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We often spend considerable time with our patients with type 2 diabetes, discussing the cardiovascular risk that increased insulin resistance, increased weight and cholesterol levels, along with decreased physical activity, can have. It is well documented that these risk factors produce a profound increase in cardiovascular deaths.

“But what about patients with type 1 diabetes?” was the question I asked our intern, A’kira Shavers, Pharm D candidate from South College of Pharmacy.

She did her research and came back with a great article on Type 1 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease that will cause you to look differently at those patients in your practice.

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We can make a difference!

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Dave Joffe

Editor-in-chief

Data analysis suggests that patients with prediabetes have a similar risk for declines in brain function to patients diagnosed with diabetes.

Researchers analyzed participants in five continents to determine the association between glycemic index and cardiovascular disease.

Type 1 diabetes increases the risk of premature death from cardiovascular disease.