Aarhus University

People with type 2 diabetes had twice the number of CVD events vs. matched counterparts, with events starting 3 decades before diagnosis, suggesting their elevated CVD risk may be attributable to factors tied to diabetes development.

Presence of CAD was prognostic of increased mortality for patients with heart failure, even for those with only mildly reduced ejection fraction, according a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Fetal growth rate is higher for women with gestational diabetes in the third trimester, and that accelerated growth rate may contribute to an increased likelihood for overweight among children, according to study data from Denmark.

Adults with hypoparathyroidism experience declines in cognitive function that may be due to structural changes in the brain, according to findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Older adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes who sustain an incident hip fracture have a similar likelihood for a subsequent hip fracture as those without diabetes, according to study data published in Bone.

Individuals with tooth agenesis may be more likely to develop several different cancer types from childhood through young adulthood, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

Adults who develop hypoparathyroidism after a total thyroidectomy have an increased risk for all-cause mortality compared with the general population, but only if the indication for their surgery was cancer, according to study data.

Data show one in three patients in Denmark with obesity, no diabetes and a first-time MI met eligibility criteria for the SELECT CV outcomes trial, and that one major CV event can be prevented for every 49 people who receive semaglutide.

Obesity was linked to an increased breast cancer recurrence risk among postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early-stage breast cancer who were treated with aromatase inhibitors, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Adaptive pacing at a 60 bpm base rate did not reduce atrial fibrillation risk in patients with sinus node dysfunction but did reduce the incidence of syncope or presyncope vs. a 40 bpm base rate without adaptive pacing, a speaker reported.