Cardiometabolic Disorders News

Adults with type 2 diabetes and cognitive impairment are more likely to experience major adverse cardiovascular events, stroke or CV mortality compared with those without cognitive impairment, according to study findings.

Swedish men diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in youth had higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risks compared with those without diabetes, and cognitive ability did not influence the associations, according to study data.

Researchers identified differences in gut microbiome that may influence cardiometabolic health disparities between Black and white women with insulin resistance, according to a pilot cross-sectional study data published in PLOS ONE.

Bariatric surgery is associated with significantly lower risk for MI, new-onset HF and death among older adults with obesity, regardless of diabetes status, according to an analysis of Medicare beneficiary data.

People with type 1 diabetes who have a family history of the disease are more likely to have related comorbidities, compared with those without that family history, according to data from the T1D Exchange Clinic Registry.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease remains widely undiagnosed, yet early identification and treatment could mitigate long-term risk for CVD, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement.

Among healthy adults, one night of moderate light exposure during sleep compared with sleep in a dimly lit environment increased nighttime heart rate and next-morning insulin resistance, concluded new research.

Risk for developing HF is significantly greater for women with obesity compared with women with a lower BMI and waist circumference, particularly among those who begin menopause at age 55 years or older, data show.

Middle-aged women exposed to higher levels of the endocrine-disrupting chemical class of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, have an increased risk for developing diabetes, according to study data.

After 1 year of treatment, SGLT2 inhibitors were associated with a 32% lower risk for hospitalization due to heart failure, regardless of type 2 diabetes status, according to a new study in Annals of Internal Medicine.