Lipids & Metabolic

California bill aims to remove sugary beverages as default options for kids’ meals

A bill advancing through the California legislature seeks to remove soda, juice and chocolate milk as default options for kids’ meals and prevent them from being advertised alongside food marketed toward children.

FDA bans the use of artificial trans fats in foods

Jun 21, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

On Monday, June 18, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially banned the use of trans fats, or partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), in all foods sold in American restaurants and grocery stores.

Work stress causes 68% more premature deaths in men with cardiometabolic disease

Jun 20, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

Work stress is six times more likely to kill men than women who exhibit cardiometabolic disease despite otherwise being healthy, according to a new study published June 5 in The Lancet: Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Single blood sample may be enough to ID type 2 diabetes

Jun 19, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

A single blood sample to test both fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) may be sufficient to identify people with undiagnosed type 2 diabetes, according to a study published June 19 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Healthy lifestyle changes after diabetes diagnosis lower CVD risk

Jun 19, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) has been proven to raise the risk of cardiovascular complications, but a diagnosis doesn’t necessarily mean an inevitable slide toward those outcomes, according to the authors of a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Diabetes triples women's risk of death from ischemic heart disease

Jun 18, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

Diabetes triples the risk of death from ischemic heart disease or stroke in women and doubles the risk in men with no previous vascular disease, according to new research published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Obesity affects rural Americans the most—especially in the South, Northeast

Jun 14, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests 5.5 percent more rural Americans are obese than their metropolitan counterparts.

Black patients less likely to receive statin treatment than white counterparts

Jun 14, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

A new study published in JAMA: Cardiology on June 13 suggests black patients have a higher risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and are less likely to receive guideline-appropriate statin therapy.

Intragastric balloons for obesity linked to 12 deaths since 2016

Jun 05, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

Five more patient deaths have been linked to two liquid-filled intragastric balloon systems designed to treat obesity, bringing the worldwide total to 12 deaths since 2016.

SGLT-2 inhibitors cut heart failure risk for diabetics with, without CVD

Jun 01, 2018 | Heart Failure

Type 2 diabetics who take sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors experience similar relative reductions in heart failure and mortality regardless of whether they have cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a subanalysis of the CVD-REAL study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

‘Mediterranean diet is gone’: 40% of region’s children are obese

May 31, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

Countries in the Mediterranean region—thought to have one of the healthiest diets in the world—now have the highest rates of childhood obesity in Europe, according to data presented last week.

Testosterone-estrogen ratio signals CVD risk in post-menopausal women

May 31, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

A higher testosterone-to-estrogen ratio could be a harbinger of future cardiovascular disease (CVD) among post-menopausal women, according to a study published May 28 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Endocrinologists defend lower blood sugar targets

May 25, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

The debate over the ideal blood glucose target for type 2 diabetics continued this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine, with a group of researchers defending the current recommendations of below 7 percent.

South Asians at increased risk for ASCVD than European ancestry counterparts

May 24, 2018 | Acute Coronary Syndrome

South Asians are more likely to die of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) than East Asians or people of European ancestry, according to a new scientific statement published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation on May 24.

Early type 1 diabetes remission associated with lower cholesterol levels

May 21, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

Children who experienced partial readmission of new-onset type 1 diabetes had significantly lower total cholesterol levels and LDL cholesterol levels compared with non-remitters four to five years after diagnosis, according to a single-center study published May 16 in PLOS One.

Experts: Inflammation key to atherosclerosis—but more drug testing needed

May 16, 2018 | Acute Coronary Syndrome

Therapies targeting cholesterol and inflammation have both shown the ability to reduce cardiovascular events among patients with atherosclerosis, but more evidence is needed before anti-inflammatory drugs gain widespread use similar to statins, according to a consensus statement published May 14 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Acute Coronary Syndrome, Lipids & Metabolic

Genetic variant leaves patients at risk of heart disease despite statin treatment

May 14, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

People with high concentrations of lipoprotein(a) in their blood may not get the same preventive benefit from statins, even if their LDL cholesterol is effectively lowered with the medication.

Lipids & Metabolic, Acute Coronary Syndrome

WHO calls for all nations to expunge trans fats from food

May 14, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

The World Health Organization (WHO) is challenging all nations to rid their foods of artificial trans fats in the next five years, a move expected to curb the burden of cardiovascular disease worldwide. This task would likely require countries to use regulations or legislation to force food manufacturers to make the switch.

Lipids & Metabolic, Healthcare Economics & Policy

Diabetics with lower achieved SBP may be at greater risk for cardiovascular disease

May 09, 2018 | Hypertension

A new study from Hong Kong found adults with type 2 diabetes and hypertension who achieved a systolic blood pressure (SBP) of less than 130 mmHg did not experience a reduction in cardiovascular risk, compared to patients with SBPs between 130 and 140 mm Hg. The study’s findings were published in Diabetes Care.

Hypertension, Lipids & Metabolic

Increased egg consumption does not raise CVD risk in diabetics

May 07, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

Despite conflicting reports, eating as many as a dozen eggs per week does not increase the cardiovascular risk for individuals with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes, according to a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Lipids & Metabolic

Is a low-carb diet helpful or dangerous for type 1 diabetics?

May 07, 2018 | Lipids & Metabolic

A new study published in Pediatrics suggests a low-carbohydrate diet can help people with type 1 diabetes control blood sugar levels with lower-than-normal doses of insulin.

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