Cardiology

A bigger waistline, coinciding with a higher risk of cardio-metabolic complications in type 2 diabetes patients, suggests that waist measurement is critical for this population….

Two years of treatment with an investigational combination of phentermine plus topiramate (Qnexa, Vivus) resulted in improved cardiometabolic risk factors, in addition to weight loss….

Known as a treatment for erectile dysfunction, the phosphodiesterase 5A inhibitor also improves diabetic cardiomyopathy….

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Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital found that men with type 2 diabetes treated with insulin without a history of CVD were at higher risk for major cardiovascular events compared with men who had a history of CVD….

People with diabetes may have better blood sugar control during workouts if they lift weights before doing cardio exercise.…

Millions of people with diabetes won’t die from that disease but instead from heart disease.…

Type 2 diabetes is associated with greater relative risk of CHD in women than in men, according to The British Regional Heart Study and British Women’s Heart Health Study.…

Diabetes patients are more susceptible to the development of atherosclerosis than non-diabetics and insulin therapy might help repair atherosclerotic lesions in diabetic patients….

GLP-1 receptors are widely expressed in CV, adipose, hepatic, and renal tissue. High-affinity GLP-1 receptors are present in autonomic nuclei that control CV functions, and have been isolated in rodent and human cardiomyocytes, endothelial cells, and vascular smooth muscle cells….