Magnesium

Researchers from Spain found that for patients with chronic kidney disease, serum magnesium levels increased as kidney function declined and that individuals with hypermagnesemia had an elevated risk for cardiovascular events and mortality.

The International Stress Management Association has designated this week as International Stress Awareness Week.

Magnesium, B vitamins, green tea and rhodiola in combination appeared to significantly reduce subjective stress and mood responses to acute stress provocation, according to data presented at American Society for Nutrition’s 2020 meeting.

Higher magnesium intake was linked to a statistically significant risk reduction in fatal coronary heart disease and a risk reduction for sudden cardiac death among postmenopausal women, according to an analysis published in the Journal of Women’s Health.

Adults who consumed more magnesium had lower risk for type 2 diabetes, and adults with type 2 diabetes already had better fasting plasma glucose and insulin resistance profiles than those with lower intakes of the mineral, according to findings published in Diabetes Metabolism Research & Reviews.

SAN FRANCISCO — Magnesium-based bioresorbable scaffolds resulted in a greater capacity of vasomotor response to pharmacological agents compared with sirolimus-eluting stents among patients with STEMI, according to 1-year follow-up data from the MAGSTEMI trial presented at TCT 2019.