Insulin Resistance

Aerobic training and daily intake of pure pomegranate juice may prevent increased liver enzymes and insulin resistance in adult men, according to findings from an Iranian study published in BMC Nutrition.

Women with more visceral adipose tissue during menopause transition have worse HDL metrics, and insulin resistance is a mediating factor in some of the associations, according to study data.

Eldecalcitol, a vitamin D analog, is not associated with a reduced incidence of type 2 diabetes among adults with prediabetes, though it may have a beneficial effect in those with lower insulin secretion, according to study data.

Polycystic ovary syndrome is a common endocrine disorder affecting reproductive-age women, yet the complexity and heterogeneity of PCOS have confounded researchers attempting to understand its long-term consequences.

The hyperandrogenic phenotype of polycystic ovary syndrome is the one most closely related to the things we think are “bad” for cardiovascular disease — obesity, insulin resistance — and those seem to be the driving factors of CVD risk. We also see examples of elevated CV risk in the setting of higher androgen levels in postmenopausal women and transgender men prescribed gender-affirming hormone therapy.

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.

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.

Adults who have a mild case of COVID-19 are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes than those who had an acute upper respiratory infection, according to findings from Germany published in Diabetologia.

Optimizing indoor lighting to be brighter during daytime hours and dimmer in the evening may provide cardiometabolic benefits, according to study findings published in Diabetologia.

Arterial stiffness in adolescence may be a causal risk factor for hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance in young adulthood, driving risk for incident type 2 diabetes, according to research published in Hypertension.