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Data from a longitudinal study shows that white coat hypertension and masked hypertension are both associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events.

‘Brittle’ diabetes is a controversial and fortunately uncommon disorder, described especially in the UK and USA, usually occurring in young women, with onset at puberty, and defined as a patient whose life is ‘constantly disrupted by episodes of hypo- or hyperglycemia, whatever their cause.’

Risks of death varied depending on age, glycemic control and renal complications.

HbA1c and lipids show improved with high-intensity physical activity.

Recent study suggests that compelling biomarkers may predict major adverse outcomes, including death, in diabetes.

Carbohydrate substitutes do not decrease heart disease risk.

Higher fat in midsection poses increased risk for gestational diabetes later in pregnancy.

Normal weight, physically active children thought to have higher executive function.

That there is a close link between long-term conditions and psychological functioning is to state the obvious. But the complexity of the relationship, especially in a condition that spans a lifetime, such as diabetes, has only relatively recently been explored.

T2 patients had higher lactate levels and score higher on Rating of Perceived Exertion scale.