Cardiovascular Disease

Hospitalized adults with type 2 diabetes have a higher risk for future cardiovascular events with a dramatic decline in HbA1c coupled with long-term high glucose levels as measured by skin autofluorescence, according to study data.

Both lower HbA1c and lower blood pressure were protective cardiovascular health metrics for adults with type 1 diabetes, according to findings published in Diabetologia.

Polycystic ovary syndrome, a common endocrine disorder affecting reproductive-age women, is linked to cardiometabolic disorders that are risk factors for CVD. But the degree of CVD risk in women with polycystic ovary syndrome is still underdetermined.

Although the Mediterranean diet has demonstrated health benefits, there is confusion on the internet about what exactly it entails, researchers reported during the virtual meeting of the American Society of Nutrition.

ATLANTA — Prediabetes, with HbA1c below the diagnostic level for type 2 diabetes, may be an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention and coronary artery bypass grafting, according to study data.

Experts from across the field of endocrinology will gather in Atlanta beginning Saturday for the first in-person Endocrine Society annual meeting in 3 years.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The link between sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease involves multiple pathways and outcomes, Susan Redline, MD, MPH, Peter C. Farrell Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said at SLEEP 2022.

NEW ORLEANS — Tirzepatide, a novel glucose-lowering therapy, reduced urinary albumin secretion and slowed kidney function decline for adults with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk, according to data from the SURPASS-4 trial.

The American Diabetes Association announced updates to its 2022 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes to reflect new data on cardiovascular outcomes with diabetes and kidney disease and use of SGLT2 inhibitors.

Drinking a moderate amount — 1.5 to 3.5 cups per day — of unsweetened or sugar-sweetened coffee was associated with a lower risk for mortality, according to findings published in Annals of Internal Medicine.