Resources

Cohort study determines how patient outcomes have changed since multifactorial treatment of CV risk factors and RAS inhibition have become standard of care…. 

The results of adding vildagliptin to metformin…. 

Myocardial infarction (MI) patients who are hospitalized and are hyperglycemic may have increased risk for diabetes…. 

Hyperglycemia may affect how long patients stay in the hospital after surgery…. 

Researchers discover that rate of weight gain in midpregnancy affects the infant’s body mass differently than weight gain during late pregnancy…. 

  Dr. Stanley Schwartz focuses on obesity but with an emphasis on some of the new medical therapies now available. He also discusses the idea of the "metabolically healthy obese" patient and why he believes this is an oxymoronic term….

Sheri R. Colberg, PhD, and Michael C. Riddell, PhD Extreme Athletic Events Despite the challenges presented by participation in long-duration athletic events, many individuals with T1D are currently training for and participating in such events. Research in this area is lacking, but a handful of studies have attempted to investigate …

Dr. Philipp Scherer discusses the role of adipose tissue, and how fat can expand at either a healthy or unhealthy rate. If it expands and is not properly vascularized, this can cause insulin resistance….

Dr. Philipp Scherer talks about “healthy obesity” and how some people are “really adept at expanding healthy fat tissue.” He explains that healthy fat tissue is a very effective “sink” for excess calories and that if there is enough vascularization, this spares other tissues such as the liver, muscles or beta …

Dr. Philipp Scherer explains the effects of lipotoxicity on beta cells and how beta cells are prone to lipotoxic damage. He notes that healthy adipose tissue will actually spare beta cells and that if someone is gaining weight, only healthy fat expansion will preserve the beta cells….