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In this week’s Homerun Slides, courtesy Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we continue our examination of diabetes from a cardiologist’s perspective with topics including the Factors Contributing to Cardiometabolic Risk and the Pathophysiology of Diabetic Complications: Implications for Goals of Therapy…. To download the complete set of these slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) …

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Diabetic eye disease primarily affects the retinal vasculature, but the iris and lens can also be involved. Most people with diabetes will show signs of retinopathy after 25 years duration, but only a minority progress to the severest form. Photocoagulation has revolutionized …

  Gastric bypass surgery shows better outcomes for long-term weight loss, controlling type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and cholesterol level…. Puzziferri and colleagues conducted a clinical review of 29 studies (7,971 patients) looking at outcomes of gastric bypass, gastric band or sleeve gastrectomy on patients with BMI ≥35 at 1 year …

Black Americans on Medicare are three times more likely than other patients to lose a leg to amputation because of complications with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease…. Even low-risk black patients with diabetes and peripheral arterial disease faced a higher risk of amputation than most nonblack patients, according to a …

In this week’s slide series, courtesy Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we review some of the basics of diabetes mellitus but this time from a cardiologist’s perspective, focusing in on the connections between diabetes and heart disease…. To download the complete set of these slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, just use this …

Early probiotic supplementation may reduce the risk of islet autoimmunity in young children…. Gut microbiota play an important role in enhancing immune system and excluding pathogens competition. Previous studies have shown that dysbiosis in gut microbiota and impaired gut barrier could be associated with type 1 diabetes in humans and …

Patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) are more likely to experience a fall during stair walking….  Diabetic peripheral neuropathy has been shown in previous studies to cause postural sway during standing and walking on level ground in diabetic patients but no data is available regarding the effect of DPN on …

Changing the type of desks students use in schools could impact the health of our nation…. Obesity is a big concern and some adults are opting to use standing desks in favor of their standard office chairs as a way to avoid sitting during long hours at work, believing that …

Low HDL increases the risk of heart disease but does it also increase the risk of cancer?…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of Eylea (aflibercept) which may improve vision for patients with diabetes….