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Chlorthalidone-based treatment improves long-term outcomes associated with isolated systolic hypertension, especially among patients with diabetes.

Finding offers new target for controlling obesity and diabetes. Lipin controls what burns first, fats or carbs.

The capacity for endurance exercise is linked to cardiovascular health which is good news for long- distance runners.

Use of ezetimibe with simvastatin, is well tolerated and provides greater LDL-C-lowering efficacy than increasing the dose of simvastatin in T2DM patients taking TZDs.

Patients with type 2 diabetes, subclinical left ventricular dysfunction is common and associated with poor diabetic control.

Heart patients with gastrointestinal complications should use low doses of aspirin combined with drugs that treat stomach ulcers rather than taking the anti-platelet drug Plavix, thought to reduce bleeding ulcers.

Men with type 2 diabetes seem to be less likely to develop prostate cancer, overall.

Intensive glycemic control is highly effective for treating sepsis, but it may be harmful for brain injury patients.

Liver enzyme elevations are associated with high concentrations of C-reactive protein.

It enhances the action of insulin and improves the control of blood glucose levels.”