Cardiometabolic Disorders News

NEW ORLEANS — With the use of cognitive behavioral therapy, a smartphone app helped patients with type 2 diabetes reduce HbA1c with less medication and insulation intensification vs. controls, a speaker reported.

About half of all adults with obesity have controlled or uncontrolled hypertension and a significantly higher mortality rate compared with normotensive counterparts, researchers reported in Obesity.

Visceral adipose tissue plus circadian misalignment — delayed and irregular sleep midpoints — is associated with increased blood pressure among adolescents, according to a study published in Hypertension.

NEW ORLEANS — Eliminating monthly copays for 15 classes of common heart and diabetes medications did not improve clinical outcomes or reduce health care costs, despite a modest improvement in medication adherence, researchers reported.

NEW ORLEANS — Certain traditional risk factors including severe high cholesterol, diabetes, hypertension and smoking may increase CV risk among those following a low-carbohydrate, high-fat “keto-style diet,” a speaker reported here.

Testosterone replacement therapy combined with lifestyle modification may contribute to improved metabolic and glucose profiles for men with hypogonadism and prediabetes, according to a review article.

From bariatric surgery to lifestyle interventions to medications, there are several options available for treating obesity. However, determining the treatment plan that works best for each person remains a challenge.

There are many benefits of time-restricted eating and many mechanisms that may play a role. It has been shown that time-restricted eating affects the gut microbiome. When we restrict our eating window to only a certain period during the day, it increases the diversity of the gut microbiome and also affects the composition. We know that our gut microbiome may affect our insulin sensitivity and our immune function, and it may have beneficial effects on our cardiovascular system.

Adults who contract COVID-19 have a higher risk for developing incident diabetes in the 90 days after the infection compared with before the infection, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

People with autism are at an increased risk for cardiometabolic diseases, and the risks are even higher among children with autism, according to findings from a systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Pediatrics.