Lipids News

• SGLT-2 inhibitors as First-Line Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes? Real-world study finds heart failure hospitalization reduction compared to metformin but not MI, stroke, or overall mortality, and greater genital infection risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• A Cup of Cranberries a Day Tied to Better Memory Consuming the equivalent of one cup of cranberries daily may improve memory by increasing blood flow to key areas of the brain that support cognition, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• EuroPCR 2022 One-Month DAPT Enough for Complex PCI if Bleeding Risk High Latest data from the MASTER DAPT trial show similar results in the subgroup of patients who underwent complex PCI as in the main trial.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• ESOC 2022 High IL-6 Levels Linked to Carotid Plaque Severity, Progression Increased circulating levels of interleukin 6 are linked to increased carotid plaque severity and progression, say researchers who also identified a way to select patients for anti-IL-6 therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Hormones Account for 10% of Lipid Changes After Menopause The transition to menopause is accompanied by a proatherogenic shift in lipids and other metabolites, and new research directly implicates the hormonal shift at this stage of life to some of these changes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• DDW 2022 NAFLD in Lean Patients Linked to CVD Risk The link between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and higher risk of cardiovascular disease may extend beyond people who are overweight or living with obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Greater Triglyceride-Glucose Index Variability Tied to CV Risk Both the triglyceride-glucose index and its variability over several years predicted late risk for myocardial infarction or stroke in a prospective cohort study with more than 50,000 adults.
  First Look, May 12, 2022
• Espresso Coffee Associated With Increased Total Cholesterol New observational data show that drinking espresso coffee is linked to higher total cholesterol levels, particularly in men. Boiled or plunger coffee was tied to higher cholesterol in both men and women.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• New Cardiovascular Disease Risk Score Targets Latin America, Caribbean Researchers have developed a tool to identify individuals at high cardiovascular risk in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  Reuters Health Information, May 05, 2022
• ECO 2022 Vegan Diet Helps Shed Pounds but Doesn't Dint Diabetes A systematic review of vegan diets compared with usual diet and other weight loss regimens in overweight and diabetes shows greater weight loss on the vegan diet, on average, but minimal effect on A1c.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• Race, Sex Affect NT-proBNP Levels When Assessing Heart Failure Risk The absolute risk of heart failure associated with a given NT-proBNP volume varied substantially by sex and race in a cohort study.
  Reuters Health Information, May 03, 2022
• Eat Your Peas: Vegetarian Diets Found Healthy for Children Results from a Canadian longitudinal cohort found no clinically meaningful differences in height, growth, or biochemical measures of nutrition in young children on vegetarian and nonvegetarian diets.
  Medscape Medical News, May 02, 2022
• BSR 2022 Lupus May Lead to Worse Stroke Outcomes for Women, but Not Men Women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were 20% more likely to have a prolonged hospital stay and 28% less likely to have a routine home discharge, compared with patients who did not have SLE.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• Genetic Test for Six Chronic Diseases Undergoing Clinical Trial Researchers developed assays and supportive information to examine the expanded role of genetic information in patient care.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2022
• TBI Linked to 'Striking' Risk for CVD, Endocrine, Brain Disorders Mild and moderate-to-severe TBI is linked to an increased risk for hypertension, stroke, diabetes, as well as neurological and psychiatric disorders soon after injury occurs.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
• First-Ever Best Practices for Percutaneous Axillary Access A new position statement from the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions suggests best practices for this increasingly widespread alternative access route.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2022
• Vascepa's CV Mortality Benefit Magnified in MI Patients On top of statin therapy, icosapent ethyl provides mortality reductions in patients with prior MI.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
• Overweight, Obesity Common in Brazil Teens With Type 1 Diabetes The increased prevalence of overweight and obesity in this population reflects decreased physical activity and increased intake of foods with high calorie density, according to the researchers.
  Medscape Medical News, April 22, 2022
• Is All Type 1 Diabetes the Same? All cases of type 1 diabetes are not the same. New evidence highlights important differences between patients with a hereditary vs sporadic background to the disorder.
  Medscape Medical News, April 22, 2022
• Mediterranean Diet Linked to Lower Risk for Preeclampsia Pregnant women who had a higher adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet had a lower risk for preeclampsia, according to the results of a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, April 21, 2022