Insulin Resistance

Cardiovascular and metabolic derangements observed among adolescents with type 1 diabetes and obesity parallel those of youths with type 2 diabetes, suggesting a critical need for lifestyle management, data show.

A cohort of adults had less energy intake when eating a low-fat, plant-based diet compared with an animal-based, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet during a 2-week period, according to study data published in Nature Medicine.

Diabetes and insulin resistance appeared to be the strongest determinants for premature onset of CHD in women, according to study data published in JAMA Cardiology.

Artificial intelligence can be leveraged to tailor a diet to a person’s specific physiology, and continuous glucose monitors could “train” such algorithms to recognize patterns after specific foods are consumed, according to a speaker.

Insulin resistance appeared associated with current major depressive disorder but not with remitted MDD, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Experts across cardiometabolic specialties will lead an international program this week designed to explore new research in metabolic diseases along with the latest developments related to COVID-19.

Analysis of human induced-pluripotential stem cells reveals a complex, multi-dimensional network of signaling defects that could help researchers better understand insulin resistance, according to a speaker.

Among people with type 2 diabetes, those with increased exercise capacity had a significantly decreased risk for all-cause mortality, according to data presented at the virtual European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting.

The term “metabolic syndrome” has been used since the mid-1990s to describe a constellation of risk factors that predispose adults to develop diabetes, CVD or both.

A subset of patients with cancer who received an immune checkpoint inhibitor developed new hyperglycemia, suggesting the therapy may play a role in immune-related insulin resistance.