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Dr John Anderson, Dr Pam Taub, and Dr Mark Greathouse review the relationship between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and cardiovascular disease (CVD), including how T2D exacerbates CVD and the risk from CVD, and what the national medical associations recommend for patients with T2D and CVD.
The HIV Medicine Association of the Infection Diseases Society of America has released new guidance for the treatment of individuals with human immunodeficiency virus in primary care.
You would think that on my fifth visit to Nicaragua that my Spanish would be pretty good.
Care coordination is helps ensure that the patient’s needs and preferences for health services and information sharing are met over time.
Although most of the literature on home insulin pump use currently focuses on adults with type 1 diabetes, Sarah Lawson, MD, and her team recently developed a study that looks at the pediatric population. Dr Lawson discusses her team's findings and how it fills the current gap in the literature on this topic.
A new study out of the Mayo Clinic assesses the risk of death in patients with mild cognitive decline as compared to individuals with no thinking problems.
New research evaluated the mortality rates from cardiovascular disease on global populations.
New research examined the effects of obstructive sleep apnea and excessive daytime sleepiness on the prevalence of depression.
Commercially available heart failure drugs may help slow the progressive decline in heart function for patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
<p><span>A portable ultrasound may be effective at diagnosing pediatric pneumonia, a small study suggests, potentially offering a more affordable and accessible alternative to chest X-rays.</span></p>
<p>Children who carry presenilin 1 E280A mutations associated with autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease show functional and structural brain changes and abnormal levels of plasma Abeta1-42.</p><p> </p>
By Kathryn DoyleIt's known that women, as a group, outlive men, but the female survival advantage begins at birth and may stem from some fundamental vulnerability of boys, according to a new study.Researchers looking at U.S. national data on both boys and girls from infancy up to age 20 found boys more likely to experience a range of illnesses, and to die of them, than girls.
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is common and often not recognized as distinct from Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Luanne DeChristopher, MSc, on High Fructose Corn Syrup and Coronary Heart Disease in Black Americans
In this podcast, Luanne DeChristopher, MSc, discusses the association between high fructose corn syrup, excess-free-fructose, and the coronary heart disease mortality disparity between Black and White individuals.
Stem cells have long held the promise of treating incurable diseases. Now, a group of researchers tested these cells' ability to improve kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease.
By Anne HardingNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The body metabolizes glucose from foods with more slowly digestible starch (SDS) more slowly and steadily than from foods with less SDS, new findings show.