Muscle strengthening may cut risk for noncommunicable disease
Mar 01, 2022
Muscle-strengthening activities were inversely linked to risks for all-cause mortality and major noncommunicable diseases.
ACSM updates guidance for exercise in type 2 diabetes
Feb 16, 2022
“Exercise can play an important role in managing type 2 diabetes, and workouts can be modified to fit the abilities of most people. Those with type 2 diabetes who want to lose weight should consider...
Gestational diabetes mellitus may up risk for range of later cardiovascular conditions
Feb 10, 2022
Traditional risk factors such as subsequent diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia only partially contribute to higher risk.
COVID-19 incidence up with exposure to airborne pollutants
Jan 11, 2022
Independent associations with COVID-19 were seen for age, living in a residential care home, history of stroke and medications for diabetes, hypertension and obstructive airway diseases.
Metabolic syndrome ups odds of acute respiratory distress syndrome, death in COVID-19
Jan 03, 2022
For each additional metabolic syndrome criterion, the risk for ARDS increases in an additive manner.
Half of U.S. adults with diabetes say managing diabetes is more difficult during the holidays versus other times of the year.
Biden pledges to lower prescription drug prices for Americans
Dec 07, 2021
But the biggest policy change — letting Medicare negotiate prices for prescription drugs — will not start to lower costs until 2025.
ASN: Chlorthalidone aids BP control in patients with CKD and HTN
Nov 12, 2021
For patients with stage 4 chronic kidney disease and poorly controlled hypertension, the addition of low dose of chlorthalidone improves blood pressure control.
Statin initiation linked to greater progression of diabetes
Oct 04, 2021
Each individual component of the composite outcome was significantly higher among statin users.
Insulin resistance linked to risk for stroke, death in type 2 diabetes
Sep 28, 2021
Those with the lowest insulin resistance, as measured by highest estimated glucose disposal rate, had the lowest risk for stroke death.